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Enemies are somewhere else, as the fighting is almost always “over there,” with Islamic fundamentalism now replacing Russian and Chinese communism as the implacable, furtive… — Susan Sontag
Part of the puzzle, surely, lies in the disconnect between official rhetoric and lived realities. Americans are constantly extolling “traditions”; litanies to family values are… — Susan Sontag
Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your… — John McCain
Our country is the best country in the world. We are swimming in prosperity and our President is the best president in the world. We… — John Cheever
If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours. — Shannon Hale
...you spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young. Rules change along the way. The first things to go are those… — Douglas Coupland
The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive. — Arthur Conan Doyle
In my own life, as winters turn into spring, I find it not only hard to cope with mud but also hard to credit the… — Parker J. Palmer
Where loyalty bound creatures together, they became something larger, something new and whole and inexplicable. — Orson Scott Card
It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. — Barack Obama
It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits.… — Lewis Carroll
The horse respects and obeys man because its large eyes magnify everything, so man appears much larger than the horse itself. — Stanislaw Lem
The male frog in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male frog with the… — Margaret Atwood
The aim of poetry and the poet is finally to be of service, to ply the effort of the individual into the larger work of… — Seamus Heaney
Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be. — Gregory Maguire
Blake took a small roll from the tray on the table, then put it back in favor of a larger one. And maybe a little… — Julia Quinn
I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him… — Jodi Picoult
Perhaps there's another, much larger story behind the printed one, a story that changes just as our own world does. And the letters on the… — Cornelia Funke
So you mustn't be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an… — Rainer Maria Rilke
And yet I know I am too young, that we're too young, for me to live my life only as it relates to you. If… — Megan McCafferty
no man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention, still less can he afford to take the… — Abraham Lincoln
Nobody tells her to shut up. It would be pointless. Amy has a large heart and an even larger mouth. When it rains, Amy rescues… — Kelly Link
She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed… — George Eliot
Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death. — Don DeLillo
I cry because the future has once again found its sparkle and has grown a million times larger. And I cry because I am ashamed… — Douglas Coupland

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