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I've often wondered, what if all of us in the world discovered that we were threatened by an outer -- a power from outer space,… — Ronald Reagan
Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I… — Hugo Chavez
It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and… — George McGovern
Journalism wishes to tell what it is that has happened everywhere as though the same things had happened for every man. Poetry wishes to say… — Archibald MacLeish
Vertical and horizontal lines are the expression of two opposing forces; they exist everywhere and dominate everything; their reciprocal action constitutes 'life'. I recognized that… — Piet Mondrian
One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as a system, in… — Ezra Klein
I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event — Anatoly Karpov
All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church require his subjection to all his brethren in… — Charles Hodge
Fashion is a very particular world, as you know. — Heidi Klum
I believe that just as everyone inherits a particular form so does he inherit the particular characteristics and qualities of his progenitors, and to make… — Mahatma Gandhi
For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all… — James Joyce
I don't have a hands-on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them and I pet… — Wayne Pacelle
A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation — Frank Herbert
As for my voice, it cannot be categorized-and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic, mezzo… — Jessye Norman
Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women. — Aristippus
One of the most frightening things in the Western world, and in this country in particular, is the number of people who believe in things… — Francis Crick
I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was… — Hank Aaron
No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an… — Nelson Mandela
More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves – they can't depend on a… — Aung San Suu Kyi
Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality. — Andrei Tarkovsky
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation to the descriptive… — Akira Kurosawa
I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a… — Robert Mapplethorpe
Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it will not be… — Samuel Johnson
This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the… — William Shakespeare

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