Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Plautus
Recitation: by Male by Female
George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
Jesse Jackson
DeadMoreNumberStateThanMet
I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.
John Irving
GoodCharacterTimeBelieveBetter
I've always enjoyed teen characters, and kids as well. For whatever reason, I seem to have an ability to do it sort of well, and I enjoy doing it.
Jeff Lemire
TeenDoingEnjoyReasonAbility
It's amazing how unwilling most people are to admit they don't know the answer to a question or a problem and instead charge forward on a 'gut instinct' that turns out to be crap.
Stephen J. Dubner
PeopleAmazingForwardProblemKnow
Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It's as big a political issue as health care is.
Rush Limbaugh
HealthCarePoliticalAbortionBig
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
Jean Cocteau
SuccessArtRewardBadFameWhy
When I hear other artists that are new and fresh and exciting, then I get excited.
Jay DeMarcus
NewFreshExcitedArtistsGetHear
With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if you do rockabilly or blues.
Brian Setzer
MusicCatsYouBluesFirstWeak
India needs a change - it cannot be ruled by 80-year-olds and by people who have done nothing for it.
Arjun Rampal
ChangePeopleIndiaDoneNothing
Who can forget that in critical times of war in 1962, 1965 and 1971, Naga underground organisations did not fire on the Indian Army? They showed restraint.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
FireWarArmyForgetRestraintWho
If the impoverishment and community fragmentation continue, it is not a stretch to predict urban wars sparked by inequality, unemployment, and the breakdown of dialogue between leaders and citizens.
Sharan Burrow
CommunityInequalityPredictDialogue
If bearing a reputation as a weirdo is all it takes to be a genius, I'm a shoo-in. Come to think of it, half the people I know are geniuses - the other half, peculiarly enough, idiots.
Todd Rundgren
PeopleReputationThinkGeniusKnow
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