Bertrand Russell Quotes
If, when a man writes a poem or commits a murder, the bodily movements involved in his act result solely from physical causes, it would seem absurd to put up a statue to him in the one case and to hang him in the other.Bertrand Russell
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
Carly Fiorina -
The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
U Thant -
An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
Sam Francis -
A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
Carlene Carter -
I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
Haley Bennett -
History's a resource.
Laura Linney -
We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
Adam Mansbach -
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Barbara Kingsolver -
So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
Sally Ride -
I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
Mal Peet
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.
Tammy Baldwin -
It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.
Nate Silver -
I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.
Irina Shayk -
I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
Baz Luhrmann -
People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
Tad Williams
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Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode my bike, and when I was younger, I rode my skateboard.
Ramon Rodriguez -
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
Andre Breton -
There is something strangely winning to most women in that offer of the firm arm; the help is not wanted physically at that moment, but the sense of help, the presence of strength that is outside them and yet theirs, meets a continual want of the imagination.
George Eliot -
For me, a good YA novel is the best kind of comfort food.
Hallie Ephron -
If, when a man writes a poem or commits a murder, the bodily movements involved in his act result solely from physical causes, it would seem absurd to put up a statue to him in the one case and to hang him in the other.
Bertrand Russell