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Most Americans would say that they disapproved of violence. But what they really mean is that they believe it should be the monopoly of the… — Edgar Friedenberg
We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions. — Jerry Brown
Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be found to press… — Gunnar Myrdal
One thing I feel is this: that a great deal of poetry is the product of adolescence-or of an emotionally adolescent frame of mind: and… — James Agee
The privilege and pleasure That we treasure beyond measure Is to run on little errands for the Ministers of State. — W. S. Gilbert
Shut your eyes, wait, think of nothing. Now, open them ... one sees nothing but a great coloured undulation. What then? An irradiation and glory… — Paul Cezanne
The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art. — Paul Klee
Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are… — Rudolf Arnheim
When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon… — Rudolf Arnheim
There is always a state of anxiety, of searching and delving for style. — Tawfiq al-Hakim
In art, vitality is the chaotic initial state; beauty is the cosmic final state. — Chairil Anwar
When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of… — Naguib Mahfouz
Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks. — Jonathan Raban
Democrats inhabit the low shores of Puget Sound, mostly on its eastern side, in a ragged trail of port-cities that stretches from Bellingham, close to… — Jonathan Raban
The trouble with ghostwriting is that it raises the issue of whether the president is in a state of diminished responsibility for what he says.… — Jonathan Raban
People become less inhibited from wanting to change social and economic conditions in a radical fashion according to their own interests, and from being prepared… — Gunnar Myrdal
The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art… — Adolf Loos
I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs. — Laura Marling
I went to Kent State basically to avoid going to Vietnam, I had no idea what I was doing in the world. I was lost,… — Mark Mothersbaugh
In case anyone needs reminding, it was the relentless drive of the tourism industry and kowtowing State Department bureaucrats that led to the Bush-era Visa… — Michelle Malkin
I'm pretty excited about the state of TV these days. There's great opportunity for really complicated relationships, in a way that I don't really see… — Paula Malcomson
I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where… — Samantha Morton
I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to… — Laurie Notaro
Look at Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution and the slogans that they used: anti-imperialism; anti-colonialism; the struggle of the have-nots against the haves; the state monopoly over… — Azar Nafisi
Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state… — Grace Napolitano

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