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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I… — Bianca Jagger
The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low. — Aristotle
To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide, a clear mind,… — Ben Okri
You donâ€™t return peopleâ€™s smilesâ€”itâ€™s perfectly clear to you that people can smile and smile and still be villains. — Helen Oyeyemi
Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek who… — Reza Aslan
It is increasingly clear to me that my art relates more and more to a sublimation of my closeness to the natural world, it's events,… — Ansel Adams
I only wanted Uncle Vernon standing by his own car (a Hudson) on a clear day, I got him and the car. Ialso got a… — Lee Friedlander
Iâ€™ve only ever met one woman who actually was a prostitute of her own free will. She didnâ€™t have a pimp. She could pick and… — Gloria Steinem
It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and… — George F. Kennan
It is quite clear that as long as the nations of the world spend most of their energy, money, and emotional strength in quarreling with… — Isaac Asimov
The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear — John Hume
The longer I live here, the better satisfied I am in having pitched my earthly camp-fire, gypsylike, on the edge of a town, keeping it… — James Lane Allen
I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want… — Jeff Miller
Hordes of people [are] born, who live, yet who have done absolutely nothing to advance the race one iota. Their lives are hopeless repetitionsâ€¦ Such… — Margaret Sanger
The mere absorption of facts and truths is so exclusively an individual affair that it tends very naturally to pass into selfishness. There is no… — John Dewey
When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn… — Carl Rogers
It quite often happens that the old man is subject to the delusion of a great moral renewal and rebirth, and from this experience he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege… — Jacques Barzun
History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression, unopposed, becomes a… — Jimmy Carter
We do, in former chairman Lee Atwater's words, offer the party as a big tent, and therefore that message has to be clear. How we… — Dan Quayle

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