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It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with… — Hannah Arendt
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on… — Neil Armstrong
We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is… — Julian Assange
Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and, of course, you can't see… — Rowan Atkinson
I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty… — David Attenborough
I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me about the shocking… — Margaret Atwood
If it's all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it's all entertainment, you read it quite quickly, your… — Margaret Atwood
There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up… — Margaret Atwood
Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich, or aristocratic, they… — Margaret Atwood
We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for fuel but also… — Margaret Atwood
You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two… — Wystan Hugh Auden
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic. — John James Audubon
I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him. — Jensen Ackles
I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding me day in… — Amitabh Bachchan
The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms… — Michelle Bachelet
Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. — Alain Badiou
I'll find myself having dinner with people and someone will mention something and I will say I was in that situation once. Then I'll say,… — Christian Bale
When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the… — Ansel Adams
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to… — Honore de Balzac

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