Quotes 361 till 380 of 873.
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If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility.
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If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.
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Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
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In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can't turn the clock back to 1904, what's the point of being a Conservative?
Boris Johnson on South Bank for Barclays Cycle Hire launch, London SE1, 30 July 2010 -
In 1960, I married Laurose Becker. We have two children: Elizabeth, born in 1961, and Matthew, born in 1963.
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In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure.
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In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.
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In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
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In every premenstrual woman struggling to govern her temper, sky-cult wars again with earth-cult.
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) -
In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.
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In life, you don't have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you're a CEO. CEOs aren't born.
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
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In Montana, where Sen. William Andrews Clark made his fortune and lost his reputation, people had assumed that all his children were long dead. After all, he was born in 1839 and was of age to serve in the Civil War.
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In my stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness ;thrust upon em.
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In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
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In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
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In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban.
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In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.
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