Tom Stoppard Quotes

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

Tom Stoppard

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PowerResponsibilityHouseIllusion

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.

John Henrik Clarke

PowerPeopleYouPowerfulWillAsk

When I come to visit my mom - every two or three months - I generally spend five or six hours with her each day. She's always immensely glad to see me, her eldest child, her only son.

Michael Dirda

SonDayChildMeMomThree

I strongly support the Bush Administration's clean diesel rules, which will reduce air pollution from diesel engines by more than 90 percent, and reduce the sulfur content of diesel fuel by more than 95 percent.

Steve Buyer

SupportRulesPollutionWillClean

This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy.

Solomon Ortiz

ValueSmallBudgetNeedEconomy

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.

Roger Wicker

FactsPatriotRightsActSomeCivil

My birth was managed so rottenly that my mother had eventually to have a hysterectomy, after which she was ill off & on till she dies for obscure reasons when I was just 7.

Louis MacNeice

MotherBirthSheObscureOffJust

After the success of 'Empire' and 'How to Get Away with Murder' and 'Scandal' and 'Power' and 'Black-ish', which all had characters that were genuine, authentic, and had the language of real people, I found myself coming into pilot season and every network just wanted to have their version of one of those shows.

Jay Ellis

SuccessPowerMyselfPeopleLanguage

We must continue to invest at the local level to help cities, towns, and villages retain teachers, police, firefighters, and other community-enhancing service providers.

Brad Schneider

ServicePoliceHelpFirefighters

If you can't protect yourself with talk, you won't be alive to protect yourself with guns.

Arthur Boyd

YourselfYouAliveTalkProtect

I have never had another job and I don't have a mortgage.

Alison Moyet

JobMortgageNeverHadAnother

I'd like to be like a hummingbird. You see them every now and then. You don't see them everywhere.

Shailene Woodley

YouNowNow And ThenSeeLikeEvery

Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.

Sergey Brin

WorldBackWantDifferenceEthical

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