I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
Democritus
Recitation: by Male by Female
I see artists bored by light-without-heat, irked at gigantic galleries' pushing out art-as-product, leaving behind the over determined for the undetermined, guided by interior voices and bringing us out of a long tunnel to new blueness.
Jerry Saltz
LongNewLeavingOverSeeTunnel
The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.
Jeffrey Toobin
PowerGreatIntelligenceWorldGoing
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
Jean de La Fontaine
LoveTruthPowerPeopleWillVirtue
There were no examples of girls like myself becoming successful actresses. To be an actress in England was a serious, upper-middle class girl's profession. I just thought I would never be accepted unless I pretended to become somebody I wasn't.
Tracey Ullman
GirlMyselfThoughtSeriousBecome
The Senate as an institution is broken. We're not doing the work of the American people and the rules are being abused. The only way to get us back to the traditions where the Senate is doing the work of the American people is to change the rules.
Tom Udall
WorkChangeBrokenPeopleAmerican
Some stimulus is not a bad thing.
Ron Johnson
BadSomeThingBad ThingStimulus
For the progressive left, social activism grounded in faith and theology crested in the 1960s.
Mike McCurry
FaithProgressiveActivismLeft
People see poverty all around them in India, but they are desensitized or immune to it. I came to the conclusion that poverty is driven by lack of education.
Mohnish Pabrai
EducationPeoplePovertyIndiaSee
When we think about the characteristics of Twitter that make it unique, it is all of public, real-time, conversational, and distributed. We are the only platform that is all of those at scale.
Dick Costolo
ThinkUniqueOnlyCharacteristics
I will try to write books until I drop dead.
Cornelia Funke
WillTryDeadWriteDropBooks
I have a self-defense mind. I've had it all my life.
Conor McGregor
LifeMindMy LifeSelf-DefenseHad
It is all about playing a challenging role, and whether a film is a commercial one or not does not really matter.
Arfi Lamba
MatterPlayingFilmRoleCommercial
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