Ezra Stiles Quotes
In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.
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My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
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Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists, and the rest of the altruistic scum of the earth. Why do these people want to feel good? They want to feel good in order to convince themselves that they are good.
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What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.
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What is this 'mac and cheese'? Is that a black thing?
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Emily stared into the middle distance, trying to ignore the fact that the men were looking at her like a cupcake on a plate.
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The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf.
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And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leavesInterlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlightTo divide us forever.
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I love to win. But probably equal to that - I love doing what I do.
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I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.
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It always seems impossible until it's done.
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When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody one.
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I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them.
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My job as Labour Home Secretary is to ensure people are prepared to listen to us when we take on our opponents across the political spectrum.
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You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?
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A church that is deeply aware of it's misery and nakedness before a holy God will cling tenaciously to an all sufficient Savior, while one that is self-confident and relatively unaware of its inherent sinfulness will reach for religion and morality whenever it seems convenient
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Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Our society and institutions are built to push men and women into different roles. We need to change that.
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I enjoy real people, down-to-earth people who are true to themselves and honest to your face - good or bad.
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In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.
