Quotes 5141 till 5160 of 5374.
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While the evidence tells me that the death penalty does little to deter crime, I believe there are some crimes- mass murder, the rape and murder of a child- so heinous, so beyond the pale, that the community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage by meting out the ultimate punishment.
The Audacity of Hope (2006) -
While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
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While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.
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While there are many varieties of grills, each with their own virtues to be sure, I prefer the standard Weber kettle grill. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need any fancy gadgets in order to take advantage of cooking over a live fire. Just a good set of tongs and you're set.
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While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
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White Americans, stop apologizing; we live in the greatest country in the history of mankind, and it's there because of our ancestors - those who came to this country and did their very best. And every generation has gotten better at what we're good at.
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Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
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Who is that man over there? I don't know him. What is he doing? Is he a conspirator? Have you searched him? Give him till tomorrow to confess, then hang him! - hang him!
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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
Festus (1813) A Country Town -
Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have not the time nor means to get more.
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Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.
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Why do I find the fantasy - husband, family, kids - exhausting instead of alluring? Is there something wrong with me? Do I have a life?
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Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
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Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?
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Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.
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Why is there always a secret singing When a lawyer cashes in? Why does a hearse horse snicker Hauling a lawyer away?
The Lawyers Know Too Much l. 16 (1920) -
Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?
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Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
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