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People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. — Warren G. Bennis
Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men. — Mortimer Adler
Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should… — Joe Biden
Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's… — Bjork
I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free. I am… — Andrea Bocelli
I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something.… — Erma Bombeck
When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and… — Bono
In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a… — Edward de Bono
It's weird how people who are the least close to me or who've never even met me purport to be experts on the real me;… — Vanna Bonta
The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a… — James Bovard
I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to… — Ray Bradbury
Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling… — David R. Brower
You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable… — Charlotte Bronte
I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person… — Malin Akerman
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. — Lenny Bruce
I think it's better when you're natural, when you just do whatever you want, instead of doing classes where I see all these other people… — Gisele Bundchen
It must be said that Brighton, unlike London, makes driving seem very appealing. Instead of glowering faces and angry horns on all sides, we have… — Julie Burchill
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. — Edmund Burke
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no… — Edmund Burke
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they… — Barbara Bush

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