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929 quotes by 784 authors
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Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.
— George Ayittey
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I can do the equivalent of 150 miles per hour and not get stopped. I could quite happily pursue people down the motorway in my…
— Jay Kay
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Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory…
— Marilyn Hacker
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One quarter of Medicare beneficiaries have five or more chronic conditions, sees an average of 13 physicians each year, and fills 50 prescriptions per year.
— Clayton Christensen
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I and most Australians want our immigration policy radically reviewed and that of multiculturalism abolished. I believe we are in danger of being swamped by…
— Pauline Hanson
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Some [intentional communities], like the Shakers and the Harmony Society, have endured for a century or even longer. The Hutterians, to cite an extreme example,…
— Unknown Author
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I notice that the number of cosmetic-surgery operations has risen by 34 per cent in the past year. Once we subtract Jordan, Jodie Marsh and…
— Michael Gove
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If we are to put the era of nuclear terror behind us, we must struggle against the real 'enemy.' That enemy is not nuclear weapons…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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Not all revolutionaries set out to change the world per se; some set out to change their own worlds. And in so doing, they often…
— Anita Roddick
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In Colma, a suburb of San Francisco, California there's a proposal pending to tax . . . the dead. If proponents get their way, grave…
— Rush Limbaugh
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Without computers, the government would be unable to function at the level of effectiveness and efficiency that we have come to expect. . . .…
— Dave Barry
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Not one idiot in a thousand has been entirely refractory to treatment, not one in a hundred has not been made more happy and healthy;…
— Unknown Author
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...we cannot simply recommend love and compassion per se, for those unfold from egocentric to ethnocentric to worldcentric, and do we really want an increase…
— Ken Wilber
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There is no extrahistorical or eternalist or abstractivistically pure standpoint where we can get oriented in the absolute Truth per se before dealing with the…
— Kenny Smith
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You could raise the price of, say, a bottle of ketchup to $1.03 instead of $1, and no one would know. Raising prices just 3%…
— James Sinegal
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More than anything, rave was an intentionally designed experience. The music, lighting, and ambience were all fine-tuned to elicit and augment altered states of consciousness.…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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The self-commissioned architect is the obviously exclusive potential - for as at present used, or designed, the world's resources are serving only forty-four per cent…
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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I'm not really good at skiing or snowboarding, or swimming, per se.
— Theophilus London
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There is no shortage of time. In fact, we are positively awash with it. We only make good use of 20 per cent of our…
— Richard Koch
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I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound mind…
— Unknown Author
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