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The lecturer who is full of his subject is usually very slow in emptying himself. — Evan Esar
By now I was utterly deprogrammed. I walked along naked usually, clothes being not only putrid but unnecessary. My skin had been baked a deep… — Robyn Davidson
Criminals, people who commit crimes, usually society rejects these people. They are also part of our society. Give them some form of punishment to say… — Dalai Lama
Liaison usually involving two people and their dirty dishes. — Richard Summerbell
When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Before most people start boasting about their family tree, they usually do a good pruning job. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even their sense of… — Gore Vidal
A lot of young actors have the idea that, "I've got to do this right. There's a right way to do this." But there's no… — Robert De Niro
Tyranny is usually tempered with assassination, and Democracy must be tempered with culture. In the absence of this, it turns into a representation of collective… — John Stuart Mackenzie
States are violent institutions. The government of any country, including ours, represents some sort of domestic power structure, and it's usually violent. States are violent… — Noam Chomsky
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough to stimulate alternative… — Paul Krugman
The growth of a nation's productive potential is the central factor in determining its growth in real wages and living standards.... high rates of investment… — Paul Samuelson
The climate change problem is at its heart an ethical problem. It's a problem of income distribution and it's a problem of income distribution with… — Ross Garnaut
Love with attachment consists of waves of emotion, usually creating invisible iron chains. — S. N. Goenka
Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at market rates. — Kenneth Arrow
But even in the absence of direct interference by those who had the power to interfere, the process was usually aborted by the non-availability of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun… — Alex Kozinski
How do commercial interests usually protect themselves from liability claims? Through insurance. In fact, in our society, the litmus test for safety is insurance. You… — David Suzuki
When things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always, like, really baffles you, and… — Dean Koontz
It is fully practical to create that which has form in the silence. The noise art makes is usually heard by those whose lives listen… — Kenneth Patchen

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