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If you look in general at people who live in anarchy, they have quite high rates of death from either homicide or warfare or both.… — Steven Pinker
You go to Main Street, and Wal-Mart is coming to town and kicking out all the mom and pop stores. All the people that were… — Dennis Quaid
Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their… — Ezra Pound
My main dream - and I'm trying to get 'Living TV' to do it - is to go into prison and interview serial killers, rapists,… — Katie Price
As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses. — Daniel Radcliffe
I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to maneuver. But the main thing… — Daniel Radcliffe
When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people… — Jason Reitman
Most people I work with are older than me and the main thing I've learnt is that everyone is a dumb as an 18-year-old. — Seth Rogen
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die. — Will Rogers
I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other,… — Anne Roiphe
Every human is an artist. And this is the main art that we have: the creation of our story. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
The same way that you are the main character of your story, you are only a secondary character in everybody else's story. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you read 'The Four… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. — Bertrand Russell
I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy. — Bertrand Russell
Our main goal as Iraqi people is to drive the occupation out in any way. — Muqtada al Sadr
If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art… — Jerry Saltz
To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right… — George Saunders
I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut. — Alexei Sayle
The main thing is to know something and to say it. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. — Albert Schweitzer
I did this TV show, which was my first job ever. It wasn't a real acting part. It was like this promo for this sitcom… — Sean William Scott
My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health. — Maria Sharapova
My main camera is a Nikon D3. I use a French camera from the 1800s for wet plate photography, I use a Hasselblad sometimes. But… — Nikki Sixx
My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better. — Anna Deavere Smith

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