Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.Henry James Sumner Maine
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
Bailee Madison -
One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
Dan Quinn -
A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
Kage Baker -
I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.
Zoe Lister-Jones -
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
Dan Savage -
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
Warren Bennis
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
Samantha Morton -
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
Langston Hughes -
I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
Adam Lambert -
Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.
Washed Out -
We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
Kate Brown
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I'd studied English literature at university, but I was also far more enamored with Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and James Joyce. That was my passion.
Felicity Jones -
I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.
A. R. Rahman -
I was a big fan of Raven Symone, when 'That's So Raven' was out. I used to say, 'Oh my God, that should be my show!'
Imani Hakim -
Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.
Barbara Kruger -
The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
Jackie Gleason -
I'm still Vanessa from the neighborhood. My parents own the shop, and I'm there all the time, that I worked in when I was a teenager. I have a child from my childhood sweetheart.
Vanessa Ferlito
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The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual and the Marxist concept of humanity and to substitute for them the folk community, rooted in the soil and bound together by the bond of its common blood.
Adolf Hitler -
Religious liberty doesn't include encouraging a fellow American to engage in violent jihad and kill an American here. That is not protected free speech. That is not protected religious belief.
George Pataki -
I'm too old to be humiliated on reality shows, and I don't want to look desperate. You won't see me on 'Big Brother' or in the jungle.
Bobby Davro -
The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace before the atomic age was announced to the world with the destruction of Hiroshima and before the Russian entry into war. ... The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military standpoint, in the defeat of Japan.
Chester W. Nimitz -
Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.
Ian Bremmer -
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.
Henry James Sumner Maine