Eric Liu Quotes
Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights.
Eric Liu
Quotes to Explore
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I love the ultimate escapism of paranormal and fantasy - all of the otherworldly creatures, magic, and possibilities that transport both reader and writer away from reality for a while - it's such delicious fun!
Wendy Higgins
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Seriously, I think everybody needs to be more disciplined; nobody needs any meat. But from a perspective of how many animals suffer, it’s probably better to kill and eat one whale than it is to eat fish, chickens, cows, lambs and eggs.
Ingrid Newkirk
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What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.
Paracelsus
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The first and last thing demanded of genius is love of truth.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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All those words of praise they use for novels – spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical?
Howard Jacobson
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I was very happy. I thought I would cut my way through life.. ..victory after victory, laughing.. Well, I adjusted as soon as they carried me into my mother. Half of my victories fell to the ground.. she pauses ..My mother had victories. her candid, weather-beaten face darkens abruptly
Agnes Martin
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When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of myself primarily as a singer. Not a songwriter, not a celebrity, just a man who likes to sing.
Don McLean
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A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.
James Buchan
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A lot of times, you think of things as being science fiction, but the creation of the ideas makes you want to solve them. Then, in solving them, they give us greater capability.
Peggy Whitson
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The Nobel thing is like dying and going to heaven for a while. It's like being transported to a fairyland.
Angus Deaton
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Because it was one of my favorites from the Arthurian legend, one of the things that I really enjoyed doing was the legend of the crystal cave. In my head, it was fun to imagine what it was going to look like because there was a lot of CGI involved, in seeing visions of the future reflected within crystals.
Colin Morgan
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Of course, Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with anyone who is dedicated to its destruction. But while I know you have had differences with the Palestinian Authority, I believe that you do have a true partner in President Abbas.
Barack Obama
