William Pfaff Quotes
But Americans are different from everyone else in the world - except the Canadians, and Americans are more different from the Canadians than they often think.
William Pfaff
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A guitar can be so human, so sorrowful, so angry, and I wanted to figure out how to achieve that vibe without having to actually use guitars, because 'Badlands' is a very futuristic record - and making it that in an era of futuristic music is a really hard thing to do!
Halsey
When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.
Adam Carolla
The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.
Vance Packard
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
Samuel Johnson
It's true. In America, you can reinvent yourself at any turn. And, you know, if things aren't going well for you in life, everyone says, change, become someone different.
Adam Johnson
And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long-broken urn, For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn.
Oscar Wilde
The world can no longer accept, the world can no longer accept that basic education is enough. Why do leaders accept that for children in developing countries, only basic literacy is sufficient, when their own children do homework in Algebra, Mathematics, Science and Physics?
Malala Yousafzai
'You like music, Mr. Gurgeh?' Hamin asked, leaning over to the man. Gurgeh nodded. 'Well, a little does no harm.'
Iain Banks
-vanity, like all social vices, craves for novelty ;
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Wonder is not a disease. Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons.
Alan Watts
Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
Buffalo Bill
I love any book that makes my family seem almost normal.
Kathryn Harrison
