Jose Saramago Quotes
The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas.Jose Saramago
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The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It's been a general stimulus.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
Rae Carson -
Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
Adam D'Angelo -
If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
Mahalia Jackson -
Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.
Dan Hill -
That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached.
Pat Barker
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
Ted Deutch -
There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken -
Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me.
Taye Diggs -
There is no accountability in soft money. None.
Zack Wamp -
After I do my first writing of the day, I will generally look at Twitter and Google News - and that's my big media secret. I look at Twitter and I look at Google because they pull all the headlines from other websites.
Mallory Ortberg -
I think writing is an extension of a childhood habit - the habit of entertaining oneself by taking interesting bits of reality and building upon them.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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Me calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful.
Nate Diaz -
We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies of their own with no limits on the number of employees or on the firm's output.
Vaclav Klaus -
It is past time that consumers recognize the emerging power of 'Made In America' products and services. The nation's shopping list needs this header: Check out what is made here before you 'go' overseas.
Jackie Speier -
I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.
Samira Wiley -
Science fiction is not formulaic.
Octavia E. Butler -
A condition of youth, your own importance. The mark you'd make upon the world. But a man learns sooner or later. You take your little niche and make it your own. You ride out the time as best you can.
Colum McCann
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You may disagree with some changes in this bill, just as some of our members disagree with other details, ... But all Americans will see this bill as a victory for common sense, and I urge you to support it.
Dennis Hastert -
Quise alcanzar lo derecho por sendas derechas. Y asà comencé a vivir equivocado.
Antonio Porchia -
Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.
Andre Tchelistcheff -
The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas.
Jose Saramago