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The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes...… — Michelangelo
When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that identify him, asserting his identity....… — Lewis Thomas
I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle,… — Tallulah Bankhead
[Illegal immigration] costs the taxpayers of the United States a lot of money. And it's unfair to Americans who are working every day to pay… — William J. Clinton
The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative Border Patrol leaders such as… — Barbara Jordan
...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty? Shall they go… — Ed Koch
I absolutely believe that those who come here illegally should not be given favoritism or a special route to becoming permanent residents or citizens that's… — Mitt Romney
I try and make it to the word exactly what I said four years ago and what I said was that those who've come here… — Mitt Romney
I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of… — William J. Clinton
There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. — Cynthia Heimel
There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it… — John Gregory Brown
Sailing is just the bottom line, like adding up the score in bridge. My real interest is in the tremendous game of life. — Dennis Conner
It's been a long blessed career. I've been riddled with injuries the past two and a half years and haven't been able to quite compete… — Terrence Trammell
(About importance of focusing on one sport at a time) I've never tried to do that, we have more of a holistic approach. We want… — Trey Hardee
Baseball would be a better game if more third basemen got hit in the mouth by line drivers. — Dan Jenkins
The dress must not hang on the body but follow its lines. When a woman smiles the dress must smile with her. — Madeleine Vionnet
The most amazing thing I've ever seen was Jay Johnstone, in uniform, in line at a concession stand in Dodger Stadium after the game had… — Fred Claire
You cannot do without one specialty. You must have some base-line to measure the work and attainments of others. For a general view of the… — Louis Agassiz
What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you.… — John Sedgwick
At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the… — Ann Radcliffe

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