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I once had a large gay following, but I ducked into an alleyway and lost him. — Emo Philips
Climate change could produce a lot of misery and waste without necessarily leading to large-scale armed conflict, which depends more on ideology and bad governance… — Steven Pinker
Yes, I was a parish priest for five years. I was a curate in a large working class parish in Bristol and the Vicar of… — John Polkinghorne
The era of industrial Britain, where a large section of our workforce provided cheap labour in factories and processing goods, is over. — Lucy Powell
My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed. — Samantha Power
Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong. — Terry Pratchett
What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage. — Daniel Radcliffe
I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work… — Sally Ride
My paintings are very strange - large and empty, like walls. Just the opposite of my writing, which is rich and juicy. — Tom Robbins
I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large. — Tim Robbins
I went to a large consolidated school in Appalachia. And I wrote the story when I was in the second grade and I took it… — Tom Robbins
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. — David Rockefeller
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others,… — Bertrand Russell
The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our… — Mitt Romney
Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand… — Rick Ross
Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid. — Rita Rudner
When I'm writing books, something weird happens; and the result is the books contain a large amount of what you could call 'supernaturalism.' As a… — Salman Rushdie
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor. — John Ruskin
Space travel is the only technology that is more dangerous and more expensive now than it was in its first year. Fifty years after Yuri… — Burt Rutan
The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand.… — Paul Ryan
This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto… — Paul Ryan
Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business,… — Jonathan Sacks
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single… — Carl Sagan
I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want… — Zoe Saldana

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