Quotes 401 till 420 of 3120.
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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
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Birds in their little nest agree; and 'Tis a shameful sight, when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.
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Bolshevism presented itself as an economic threat to themselves at the same time that Nazism presented itself as a political threat to their countries.
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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.
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Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please.
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Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
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Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed
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Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
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Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment.
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Both of them were the children of the United States. They sacrificed their children for the benefit of the others. But they were not very devoted children of the United States.
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Bottom 10 Percent progressives are not enthusiastic about concentrations of wealth. But that's not what keeps them up at night. Their focus is on deprivation and lack of opportunity. They're motivated by empathy for people who are suffering, rather than outrage over unjustified wealth.
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Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.
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Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
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