Tom Allen Quotes

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

Tom Allen

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Silence marks time, saturates and shapes African-American art. Silences structure our music, fill the spaces - point, counterpoint - of rhythm, cadence, phrasing.

John Edgar Wideman

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It is not true that good can only follow from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true.

Max Weber

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It's clear price gouging... The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever.

Maurice Hinchey

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I mean, why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last?

Amanda Seyfried

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Interest groups are not the same as individuals. Through false nostalgia for the New Deal, you are taking the younger generation hostage. They are the ones who are going to have to pay far greater taxes. They are the future's forgotten men.

Amity Shlaes

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For a century, women have binged on romance novels that encouraged them to associate intimidation with infatuation; it's no wonder that this emotional hangover still lingers.

Stephanie Coontz

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Every makeup artist or stylist with whom I work has many special ideas, tips, and creations. I can always learn so much from them.

Liu Wen

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I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

Judd Nelson

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Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.

Chester W. Nimitz

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I did this movie with Spike Lee called 'Sucker Free City,' and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco.

Anthony Mackie

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I'm cool with everybody. The fans have been nothing but nice to me.

Ryan Howard

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When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

Marissa Mayer

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