Direct Quotes

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The Soviet Union was brought down by a strange global coalition of Western European conservatives, Eastern European nationalists, Russian liberals, Chinese communists, and Afghan Islamic… — David Frum
Eating is perhaps the most direct way we acknowledge or deny the sacredness of the earth. — Gary Paul Nabhan
By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and… — Janet Poppendieck
Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of… — Hamid Karzai
If the enemy is the invading party, we can cut his line of communications and occupy the roads by which he will have to return;… — Du Mu
The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing events. That's why… — Ben Aaronovitch
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and… — Saul Alinsky
My whole artistic life has been devoted to battling myself and my ability to externalize my deepest emotions. As I have gotten older, the work… — Joyce Tenneson
Much of America is now in need of an equivalent of Mrs. Thatcher's privatization program in 1980s Britain, or post-Soviet Eastern Europe's economic liberalization in… — Mark Steyn
No doubt exists that rent seeking in general leads to serious inefficiencies in this direct sense, but its indirect damage is even worse. Drawing the… — Gordon Tullock
My own mind is the direct revelation which I have from God and far least liable to mistake in telling his will of any revelation. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
The most direct and enduring way to reach the mind and imagination of the learner is through the mind, imagination and character of the outstanding… — Lowell Milken
There is a direct connection between violence against the Earth and violence against women. — Lee Maracle
When you love whatâ€™s deeper, your response is direct. There wonâ€™t be a fear in dropping directly into the deeper. — John de Ruiter
I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design. — Tom Stoppard
It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something. — Glenn Close
Don't ask the mind to confirm what is beyond the mind. Direct experience is the only valid confirmation. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always so… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
That's immediately how I gauge how healthy a city is-by the amount of tags. It's just in direct competition with advertising. It's still one of… — Barry McGee

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