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Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a novel. I came… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Stories open up new paths, sometimes send us back to old ones, and close off still others. Telling and listening to stories we too imaginatively… — Arthur Kleinman
Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which… — Alan Hansen
There is so much more to the things that we think we know from afar. The close you get the more complex it is, not… — Susan Meiselas
English fans love spectacular players like Alan Shearer and that is exactly what United have now signed. He has magic in his boots. The first… — Cristiano Ronaldo
The idea of regularly acknowledging our indebtedness to the natural world and giving thanks for the many gifts we receive from it, or considering other… — Charlie Cook
Too rarely is the individual teacher so free from the dictation of authoritative supervisor, textbook on methods, prescribed course of study, etc., that he can… — John Dewey
The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend. — George Santayana
I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading, nothing now remains to comfort… — John Selden
Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to taboo and dangerous… — Susan Sontag
A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of… — Ramsey Clark
Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when the condemned prisoner… — Harry A. Blackmun
Let me tell you another place to look for some savings. We are currently spending $10 billion a month in Iraq when they have a… — Barack Obama
The supporters...It is true that they are dangerous when they run close to the riders. From there to throwing a punch. That is a step.... — Gilberto Simoni
It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class. — J. Willard Marriott
I felt my throat start to close up, and I didn't think I was getting enough oxygen. I was scared, and I thought about quitting.… — Deena Kastor
A colleague saw the same model-calibrating the elasticity of demand facing a Cournot oligopolist as a function of the number of firms in the industry--described… — Matthew Rabin
If a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing… — Chin-Ning Chu
Close the weak banks and impose serious capital requirements on the strong ones...You see, it may sound hard-hearted, but you cannot keep unsound financial institutions… — Paul Krugman
We are close to a time when all of humankind will envision a global agenda that encompasses a kind of Global Marshall Plan to address… — Al Gore

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