Rebecca Solnit Quotes
A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.
Rebecca Solnit
Quotes to Explore
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
Karl Schroeder
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
Valerie Cruz
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
Hank Johnson
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
Candace Bushnell
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
Salvador Dali
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
Ed Rendell
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Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.
Gary Johnson
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I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
Natalia Makarova
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Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
Jack Nicklaus
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It is thus superstition infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity, and enslaves him with fanaticism.
Baron d'Holbach
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Today, the culture can hardly, if at all, reflect the society in which people live.
Daniel Bell
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You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when Gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at that scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.
Benjamin Disraeli
