James Wolcott Quotes
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
Quintilian
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The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.
W. E. B. Du Bois
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
P. C. Cast
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
Otto Schily
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
Warren Spector
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
Sam Harris
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I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.
Ike Barinholtz
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
Ralph Chaplin
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
Gary Cherone Van Halen
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
Imelda Marcos
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
Calvin Peete
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
Eddie Murphy
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Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
Nadine Gordimer
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
Paddy Ashdown
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
Lana Turner
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
Zach Galifianakis
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
Walter Reisch
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VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
Palmer Luckey
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
Eden Hazard
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That's life when you're on the D-list.
Kathy Griffin
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To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent.
Johan Cruyff
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There are jobs, particularly database-oriented ones, for which computers are necessary, but for everyday office life, I question whether they have brought the productivity that their enormous cost, up to £10,000 per person, demands.
Felix Dennis
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I've always looked upon research as an opportunity to satisfy my curiosity. But the other side of the coin is one must not be so caught up in it that one never gets the book written.
Gayle Lynds
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Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking.
James Wolcott