James Thurber Quotes
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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
Fareed Zakaria
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When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.
Galen Rowell
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The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.
Carl Jung
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In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.
Ed Balls
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I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life.
Barbara McClintock
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We live in a world where it's difficult to be a woman who is strong and confident, so I like to surround myself with friends that embody that same principle and idea.
Mandy Moore
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When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion becomes violent, too.
Karen Armstrong
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No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.
Kate Middleton
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Victorian feminists made the mistake of making membership of the sisterhood conditional on signing up to a particular policy agenda. Marxist feminists made a similar mistake of saying, 'You can't be a real feminist unless you join with miners, the unions, the vegans.'
Naomi Wolf
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Most jokes state a bitter truth.
Larry Gelbart
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Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.
Barbara Tuchman
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not a slave of colonial forces like you and others. … Do not indulge yourself in things you have no business with! The lie is before you and the grave is in front of you!
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
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To those possessed of breeding, learning, handsome looks,Who have no wisdom, neither discipline, you need not bow.But those who do have these two qualities,Though lacking other virtues, you should revere.
Nagarjuna
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Every progress has its bill of costs and only those who pay for it will have that progress.
Babasaheb
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Yes, no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we’re always licked by something from the inside. There’s no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.
Alfred Bester
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Girl, tell me only this:That I'll have your heart for always.And you want me by your side,Whispering the words 'I'll always love you.'
Lionel Richie
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I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless.
Leon Uris
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Just keep following my tears, and the brook will take you in.
Elfriede Jelinek
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It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.
Lin Yutang
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I was screaming constantly, on the set, in my room... everywhere.
Jennifer Esposito
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Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.
John Stossel
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At every Olympic Games, anything can happen that nobody can predict, so I did my best to win.
Lin Dan
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There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in the spirit of affirming one's cultural superiority.
Uzodinma Iweala
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
James Thurber
