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I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large… — Maurice Strong
Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a… — Matt Taibbi
A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises. — Johannes Tauler
Literary life used to be quite different in Britain in the years I lived there, from 1971 to 1989, because money was not a factor… — Paul Theroux
I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat. — Linus Torvalds
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. — Voltaire
I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch. — Venus Williams
The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big… — Kate Winslet
I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an… — John Kennedy Toole
Certainly my inner world will never be a peaceful place of bloom; it will have some peace, and occasional riots of bloom, but always a… — James Tiptree Jr.
The basic project of art is always to make the world whole and comprehensible, to restore it to us in all its glory and its… — Robert Hughes
You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness. You… — Amy Tan
My very small part in WATCHMEN is that, every now and then, Alan would phone me: ''Neil, you're an educated man. Where does it say...''… — Neil Gaiman
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You got a job?" "Ignatius hasta help me at home," Mrs. Reilly said. Her initial courage was failing a little, and she began to twist… — John Kennedy Toole
To think, analyze and invent, he [Pierre Menard] also wrote me, “are not anomalous acts, but the normal respiration of the intelligence. To glorify the… — Jorge Luis Borges
The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he… — Frank Herbert
Each of us is here to discover our true selves; that essentially we are spiritual beings who have taken manifestation in physical form; that we're… — Deepak Chopra
Here and there one sees the blush of wild rose haws or the warmth of orange fruit on the bittersweet, and back in the woods… — Hal Borland
I find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself. — David Sedaris
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A… — Maira Kalman
I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap politician making a… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. I'm insanely… — Wendy Mass
The images were gone, but Calvin was there, was with her, was part of her. She had moved beyond knowing him in sensory images to… — Madeleine L'Engle

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