Nicholas Eberstadt Quotes
Although he may not always recognize his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
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There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists.
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I was reading my son some fables; it made for good nighttime reading. These stories were very vivid and very strange and occasionally bizarrely violent. It was a very free landscape.
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If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing.
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Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.
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Whether it's just walking down the street to try to go to a movie, go to dinner, something like that, there are always a few people that recognize you.
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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding after having kids, like Mary King, but people say that you lose your nerve after you have kids. It's the risk.
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If we understood what happens when we use the Word of God, we would use it oftener.
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Can anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eating ham, and showing themselves empty of any real knowledge as to the relation of their own social and religious life to the history of the people they think themselves witty in insulting? The best thing that can be said of it is, that it is a sign of the intellectual narrowness—in plain English, the stupidity which is still the average mark of our culture.
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After that Bangladesh series I can clock off, it's like Friday afternoon for a guy who goes to work all week.
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Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx.
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I listen to a lot of different kinds of music, and I feel like I can pull ideas from practically anything. You name it - I'll probably like it.
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Although he may not always recognize his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers.
