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On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I… — Niccolo Paganini
Contrary to the popular notion that only creationism relies on the supernatural, evolutionism must as well, since the probabilities of random formation of life are… — Unknown Author
The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because… — Unknown Author
First I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense inn it. — Dorothy L. Sayers
In much of today's popular culture, the virtues of forgiveness and kindness are belittled, while ridicule, anger, and harsh criticism are encouraged. Let us not… — David E. Sorensen
I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix… — Nina Simone
We first got marijuana from an older drummer with another group in Liverpool. We didn't actually try it until after we'd been to Hamburg. I… — George Harrison
No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight. — Cat Cora
When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't… — Faith Ford
I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and… — Paula Cole
No Romeo-and-Juliet acts, no nonsense about Love with a large L, none of that popular song claptrap with its skies of blue, dreams come true,… — Aldous Huxley
Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music. — Steven Morrissey
RADIO IS DEAD. The once-bright star that was public broadcasting has been destroyed by greed and corproate muscle to the point that even the music… — Corey Taylor
Popular thought appeals to crowds, gatherings and tribes, who use it as a way to guide the herd. It is very evident in protests -… — Corey Taylor
The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends and his country when he… — Alexander Berkman
In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be easier, or popular in the… — Richard Leakey
We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large… — Susan Sontag
Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build… — Sol Stein
It is the mission of the pedagogue, not to make his pupils think, but to make them think right, and the more nearly his own… — H. L. Mencken
I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we… — Walter Lippmann
If it were really the case that terrorists "hate us for our freedoms," we'd be getting more popular with Al Qaeda every month. — Julian Sanchez
Where a government has come into power through some form of popular vote, fraudulent or not, and maintains at least an appearance of constitutional legality,… — Che Guevara
Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by… — Noam Chomsky
The most popular man under a democracy is not the most democratic man, but the most despotic man. The common folk delight in the exactions… — H. L. Mencken

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