Andrew Solomon Quotes
I have found that the greatest stories of acceptance and love and the ugliest stories of hideous cruelty and abuse have equally been perpetrated in the name of Christian faith.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
Sade Adu
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
Bebe Moore Campbell
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The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
Gary Lineker
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
Madonna Breakfast Club
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I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
Yara Shahidi
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
Jack Wild
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Researchers have been looking for biomarkers of age for a long time and have failed. People sell tests out there to measure your biological age, and none of them work. There's no evidence that you can measure biological age with any reliability.
S. Jay Olshansky
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You never grow out of high school sadly.
Kate Bosworth
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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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There should be a minimum on the air pressure but not a maximum. Every game, they're taking air out of the footballs I'm throwing, and I think that's a disadvantage for the way that I like them prepped.
Aaron Rodgers
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
A.J. Styles
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It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
Francesco Guicciardini
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Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.
Harmony Korine
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We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.
Ed Miliband
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
Kalpana Chawla
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
Barbara Demick
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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
Dan Rather
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I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Many of the Bible characters fell just in the things in which they were thought to be strongest. Moses failed in his humility, Abraham in his faith, Elijah in his courage, for one woman scared him away to that juniper-tree; and Peter, whose strong point was boldness, was so frightened by a maid, as to deny his Lord.
Dwight L. Moody
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I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century.
Manning Marable
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I have found that the greatest stories of acceptance and love and the ugliest stories of hideous cruelty and abuse have equally been perpetrated in the name of Christian faith.
Andrew Solomon