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Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

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• The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.

  

  T. E. Lawrence
  • Modern
  • Greatest
  • Printing

• The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, totem poles and fishing gear. The reserve was once a winter village, a place to celebrate the sacred season, when memories passed in dance and song and stories from one generation to the next with great feasts called potlatches.

  

  Eden Robinson
  • Great
  • Long
  • Song

• I've always considered myself a Libertarian. While I was running for governor of New Mexico, the Republicans were totally inclusive of me; the party was open-armed, but they never thought I'd win. I delivered in a really big way; I exceeded their expectations and think I'm still highly regarded by the GOP in New Mexico.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Running
  • Party
  • Myself

• For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • People
  • Up
  • Friends

• True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Love
  • True
  • Suffering

• Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • You
  • Trust
  • End

• No one even knows one percent of the fabulous history of Man; but thanks to history, we know about occurrences that go beyond the limits of the imaginable.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • History
  • Man
  • Thanks

• If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Movie
  • Reason
  • Person

• A major feature of life at the NIH in late 1960s was the extraordinary offering of evening courses for physicians attempting to become scientists as they neared thirty.

  

  Harold E. Varmus
  • Life
  • Late
  • Evening

• May Allah guide us to the good of the kingdom of Bahrain and its loyal people.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • People
  • Good
  • May

• Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Business
  • Profit
  • Global

• Competing in pageants made me hyper-aware of the unfair expectations society places on women in terms of youth and beauty. But it also gave me empathy for women who use beauty as a creative exploration. When expressed healthfully, dressing up, doing hair, crafting makeup, etc., is an art form.

  

  Rae Carson
  • Up
  • Women
  • Art

• While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects - because they were deemed illegal by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations.

  Gail Devers
  • Body
  • Illness
  • Medication

• I never understood the idea of canceling a show when you don't like the politics of a specific state.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Never
  • Politics
  • Idea

• Grishkin is nice: herRussian eye is underlined for emphasis;Uncorseted, her friendly bustGives promise of pneumatic bliss.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Nice
  • Promise

• I feel like everything I tried to do is in there.

  

  Madeleine Stowe

• I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith

• There is an inverse correlation between the cleanliness of a bathroom and my 3-year-old daughter's need to move her bowels.

  

  Ayelet Waldman
  • Daughter

• However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law.

  

  Dick Thornburgh
  • Law

• Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats.

  

  Paula Poundstone
  • Home

• It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence.

  

  Edna O'Brien
  • Universe
  • Fate

• I did 'Animal House' in 1978, then 'Local Hero' in 1983, and then in '88, 'Crossing Delancey.' And I realized that every three to five years, you need a big role to put you into the national psyche.

  

  Peter Riegert
  • House
  • Animal
  • Hero

• If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait until you hit 50; and I was surprised at how liberating it was. The anticipation of something is always much worse than the reality.

  

  Michelle Pfeiffer
  • Thinking
  • Reality
  • Anticipation

• Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

  

  Christopher Lasch