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Whenever Roosevelt (Theodore) expected a visitor, he sat up late the night before, reading up on the subject in which he knew his guest was… — Dale Carnegie
Most of us are not really approaching the subject in order to find out what Christianity says; we are approaching it in the hope of… — C.S. Lewis
The moon, too, abases her subjects, but in the daytime she is ridiculous. Your dissatisfactions, on the other hand, arrive through the mailslot with loving… — Sylvia Plath
I create my subjects somehow visualizing them in my style. I start as a poet, put the colors and composition down on canvas as a… — Fernando Botero
Allen Anderson speaks from the heart about subjects he loves; this enthralls audiences everywhere. His outlook is realistic but invariably positive, encouraging everyone to expect… — Unknown Author
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects. — Vincente Minnelli
Surrealism! What is Surrealism? In my opinion, it is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but… — Paul Delvaux
A subject to which few intellectuals ever give a thought is the right to be a vagrant, the freedom to wander. Yet vagrancy is a… — Isabelle Eberhardt
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade… — Michelle Alexander
O take heart, my brothers. Even now... with every leader & every resource & every strategy of every nation on Earth arrayed against Her -… — Kenneth Patchen
We resist mindlessness of any kind. Again, drugs, like television, are fine for other people. The more enslaved they are, the easier it is for… — Blanche Barton
I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it. — Jack Prelutsky
The difference between the casual impression and the intensified image is about as great as that separating the average business letter from a poem. If… — Harry Callahan
Novels shouldn’t aspire to answer questions, and I wouldn’t presume to offer advice about love or marriage in any case. What’s fascinating to me about… — Nell Freudenberger
An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace,… — Orson Pratt
Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved — Orson Pratt
If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines to… — Salmon P. Chase
Do you tell me that the Bible is against our rights? Then I say that our claims do not rest upon a book written no… — Ernestine Rose
Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But… — Ernestine Rose
To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality. It is not… — Robert Thurman
What’s strange is how many beginning writers seem to think that grammar is irrelevant, or that they are somehow above or beyond this subject more… — Francine Prose
In teaching, the other main problem related to type is the students’ interest. Intuitives and sensing types differ greatly in what they find interesting in… — Isabel Briggs Myers
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations. — Carlisle Floyd
Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was kind of fascinating… — Arthur Golden
You cannot meet someone for a moment, or even cast eyes on someone in the street, without changing. That is my subject. — Carolyn Kizer

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