Johan Huizinga Quotes
The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.
Johan Huizinga
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When you think of the typical Teach For America corps member, soldiers and ex-bankers are probably not the people who come to mind. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical corps member. They can't be neatly pigeonholed or painted with a broad brush.
Wendy Kopp
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American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
Gary Shteyngart
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Since Reagan there has been this tradition, which has become a cliche, of promising morning in America, this fake optimism, we're the best, the city on the hill. In fact the great American task is self-scrutiny.
Naomi Wolf
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To be clear, the gap between the have gots and the have nots is widening. In this most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, that concerns me.
Tavis Smiley
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The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.
Ralph Nader
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I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia.
Gary Shteyngart
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I've seen America in this campaign, and I like what I see. It's worth fighting for and that's a fight I'll never stop. As for the battle that ends tonight, I do believe, as my father once said, that 'No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shape the soul and let the glory out.'
Al Gore
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Even though running is physically straining, it's mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you've accomplished something.
Biz Stone
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I take very seriously the notion that you have to get out in your community; you have to talk to people, but, more importantly, you have to listen to people.
Gary Peters
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Being of color in America by no means amounts to a constant barrage of negativity. However, unlike being white, being of color means one's race is a constant issue.
John Ridley
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As a teenager, I was teased at school about my height and long legs, but now they are my best assets. Kids can be mean. When I was at school, I considered myself ugly, but that was when I was silly enough to believe that what other people thought mattered. Now I think I am pretty. I'm not beautiful. There is a difference.
Jasmine Guinness
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The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.
Johan Huizinga