Michael Kinsley Quotes

The case decided on Thursday, though, seemed promising to takings fans because it wasn't about compensation. It was about the requirement that any government taking must have a 'public purpose.'

Michael Kinsley

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PurposeGovernmentThursdayFans

Lots of people have gone from public housing to do great things in the world and have a tremendous sense of duty to their fellow man because of it.

Jewel

GreatManPeopleWorldGreat Things

Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.

John Millington Synge

ImaginationDangerousLimitHumour

There's nothing but brutality and bravery or cowardice that comes out of war. That's pretty much it.

Michael Cimino

WarNothingOutPrettyBraveryMuch

Baseball is not a grind for me.

Steve Finley

BaseballMeGrind

I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.

Steve Swallow

StyleMeVoiceLookMy OwnOwn

Nobody looks perfect. We have to find peace with the way we look and get on with life.

Roger Ebert

LifePeacePerfectLookFindLooks

It's easier to identify with loss than love, because we have had so much more experience of it.

Roger Ebert

LoveExperienceLossMoreBecause

Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds.

Ron Reagan

ChildrenParentsStandWayMinds

My first album was hip-hop influenced, and my second was more of a singer-songwriter album.

Mat Kearney

Hip-HopMoreFirstSecondAlbum

At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.

Aurora

PeopleMeFirstStageBeingSing

I think everybody can agree that you can hear a certain song and it will put you in a certain mood, and that's just the beauty of music and I am so inspired by that.

Shaun White

BeautyMusicI AmSongThinkYou

We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression.

Shakti Gawain

PeopleControlEnvironmentLongRage

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