Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.
Jerrold Nadler
Recitation: by Male by Female
If I need to cheer myself up, I will put on some fabulous '40s musical on video. But I'm very lucky; I seldom get depressed. Without question, I'm a 'glass half full' person. In fact, it's three-quarters full!
Joan Collins
MyselfPersonGlassWillLuckyNeed
An Episcopalian military institution when it was founded near the turn of the century, Harvard for years had an implicit quota system that effectively limited the number of Jewish admissions.
John Gregory Dunne
MilitaryJewishYearsTurnSystem
I would be really happy to be working and be able to do my craft.
Melanie Griffith
HappyCraftWorkingWouldAble
With seven boys and one sister, there was always a lot of music in the house. A few of my brothers were playing instruments, so it was from hearing that, coupled with discovering early rock, which triggered me to pick up a guitar and try to pick out the notes.
Angus Young
MusicMeSisterGuitarEarlyHouse
I suppose the biggest thing I learned is that I'm in it for the right reasons. I love my job as much now as when I first began. I still feel fully invested in every audition, every job - large or small, every appearance, every meeting with every fan.
Steven Blum
LoveJobSmallFeelAppearanceNow
Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes people's lives every day.
Robert Caro
PowerDayPeoplePoliticalPerfect
Since the 1920s, when some U.S. cruise ships decided to fly a Panamanian flag to avoid Prohibition regulations, ships have commonly flown the flag of countries foreign to their owners. The benefits are obvious: lower taxes, laxer labor and safety laws.
Rose George
SafetyFlyLaborFlagCruise1920s
A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties.
Russell Banks
EarlyYearsEightiesTaughtNYU
Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.
Michael Ramsey
AttitudeFaithKnowledgeYourself
Yo La Tengo were a major inspiration for me because they're one of the first bands that I got into on my own, separate from my parents, when I was in high school. I have all their albums. That's the place we'd like be in someday.
Lucy Dacus
SchoolParentsMeHigh SchoolPlace
In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends.
Dirk Kempthorne
FriendshipServiceJobSupportLaw
Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.
Douglas Coupland
RelationshipPeopleRelationshipsHad
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