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It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and… — George F. Kennan
Our contemporary Tories prefer the term 'ordered liberty' to 'freedom'. The word 'freedom' scares them; it has too much of a paleolithic ring to it. — Edward Abbey
Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.' — Edward Abbey
The English landscape at its finest - such as I saw this morning - possesses a quality that the landscapes of other nations, however more… — Kazuo Ishiguro
We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important struggles and sacrifices,… — Thomas Jefferson
I know I can not paint a flower, I can not paint the sun on the desert on a bright summer morning but maybe in… — Georgia O'Keeffe
A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. â€˜Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of actuality… — Stephen Shore
So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free from those vexations… — Richard Henry Lee
I will leave the U.S Congress when the term for which I was elected expires in January 2011 and return to the practice of law… — Mario Diaz-Balart
The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. This 'outgrowing',… — Carl Jung
Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation. — Jacques Barzun
Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own… — Herbert Marcuse
The essence of totalitarian government, and perhaps the nature of every bureaucracy, is to make functionaries and mere cogs in the administrative machinery out of… — Hannah Arendt
Survival in the conventional sense of the term means to continue to live, but also to live after death. — Jacques Derrida
One of the principal motifs of Nietzsche's work is that Kant had not carried out a true critique because he was not able to pose… — Gilles Deleuze
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors,… — Thucydides
I am at war with the living, I have come to terms with the dead. — Hamilcar Barca
I'm not angry. As an athlete ... you should be open to criticism, and you're allowed to be criticized, because not everybody has the same… — Roger Federer
From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I am sure I… — Marat Safin
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. — Dan Quayle

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