Algernon Sidney Quotes

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

Algernon Sidney

Recitation: by Male by Female

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BestMenPerfectNothingNeverMany

The novelist in me is probably hiding behind all the stories I write, looking for ways to connect them and continue the conversation with readers. Maybe I'm writing one long narrative, and each book, however different from the last, is just a chapter.

Joanna Scott

MeWritingLookingBookLongWrite

In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.

Jessica Savitch

MotherBeginningMeHerReporter

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

John Dalberg-Acton

FreeJudgeSecurityCountryTest

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

Anatoly Chubais

PropertyInstitutionLong-TermVery

I learned more from my dad by osmosis than by any talk we ever had. He was the most reliable person I've ever met.

Matt Lauer

PersonTalkMoreReliableMostHe

People like Prince don't have to care about anything, but they care because they want music for the future to be great.

Rita Ora

FutureMusicGreatPeopleCareWant

A kiss is the outward visible sign of an inward fever.

Minna Antrim

KissFeverSignInwardVisible

I think reviews have lost a lot of their importance now because of the Internet; everyone is experiencing things at the same time.

Jay-Z

TimeThinkInternetLostNowSame

Critics can be harsh and I think it's going to take me a long time to make people see what I have inside of me and that I really put my guts into movies and that I'm not superficial and that I'm not just a pretty face.

Diane Kruger

TimePeopleMeFaceThinkLong

Never may a man prone to believe scandal be a despot or a popular leader! Under his guidance, democracy itself will be despotism.

Apollonius of Tyana

LeaderManDemocracyBelieveNever

The idea that historians write the definitive version of something that will last for all time is less current than it used to be.

Norman Davies

TimeWillWriteUsedSomethingLast

It is very easy when you are in the hothouse of the newsroom to believe that everybody wants to know about this Important Story Of The Day, when actually, once you walk out the front door, it is people getting on with their lives.

Richard Quest

WalkDayPeopleDoorBelieveStory

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