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Bush is a natural-born loser with a filthy-rich daddy who pimped his son out to rich oil-mongers. He hates music, football and sex, in no… — Hunter S. Thompson
If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health,… — Nathan Deal
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You… — Robert Greene
Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge. — Robert Greene
There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't… — Kenneth Grahame
We might think that God wanted simply obedience to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a particular sort. — C.S. Lewis
Now Eros makes a man really want, not a woman, but one particular woman. In some mysterious but quite indisputable fashion the lover desires the… — C.S. Lewis
Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular… — Kwame Kilpatrick
I have no particular love for my species, but own to an exhaustless fund of compassion — Dorothea Dix
There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by… — Lakhdar Brahimi
Part of the particular interest and beauty of science fiction and fantasy: writer and reader collaborate in world-making. — Ursula K. Le Guin
What reason has one for existing other than to be involved with what is actually being created in your particular time? — Unknown Author
So much of what I love about poetry lies in the vast possibilities of voice, the spectacular range of idiosyncratic flavors that can be embedded… — Tony Hoagland
In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial — Jim Clyburn
Whoever wishes to make progress in perfection should use particular diligence in not allowing himself to be led away by his passions, which destroy with… — St. Vincent
It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture. It is neither of the East or of the West,… — Christopher Dawson
I was employed as an investigator and my particular team, we were investigating the role of the business community in the genocide and we identified… — Tony Greig
I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than they would have… — Marvin Harris
If we are prepared to take the life of another being merely in order to satisfy our taste for a particular type of food, then… — Peter Singer
Id love to have another film to go on to. Im in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to… — Peter Weir
What I am asserting is that in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an elite of power;… — C. Wright Mills
... We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us - certainly more satisfying, because it doesn't restrict us to… — Jerry Garcia
I have no particular desire to live. I have no particular desire to be killed. It is a matter of indifference to me. I do… — Albert Fish
Learning to sing one's own songs, to trust the particular cadences of own's voices, is also the goal of any writer. — Henry Louis Gates
Who speaks of art speaks of poetry. There is not art without a poetic aim. There is a species of emotion particular to painting. There… — Unknown Author

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