The U.N. charter bars the threat of force.
Noam Chomsky
Recitation: by Male by Female
The Yardbirds folded in 1968, and within a handful of months, Led Zeppelin was not only a band but also a very successful one.
Jimmy Page
BandWithinSuccessfulLed Zeppelin
We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born, yet we are uncomfortable with the notion that we will stop engaging with time at some point in the future.
John Barton
FutureTimeWorldUncomfortableBorn
Many science-fiction writers, such as Gregory Benford, are working scientists. Many others, such as Joe Haldeman, have advanced degrees in science. Others, like me, have backgrounds in science and technology journalism.
Robert J. Sawyer
TechnologyScienceMeJournalism
My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.
Angelina Jolie
MotherChildrenExperienceChance
It was either write or die for me.
Michael Hastings
MeDieWriteEither
The idea that children are passive repositories to be shaped by their parents has been massively overstated. A child's peer group is a far greater determinant of its development and achievements than parental aspiration.
Steven Pinker
ChildrenChildParentsGroupPeer
I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. 'Poet' covers it all for me.
Tony Harrison
HateMePoetBeingCovers
I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope to do when I make a film - to get under your skin and really make you think about something, and have a transporting time that takes you somewhere.
Mira Nair
HopeTimePeopleThinkReachYou
Acting on the theory that sometimes luck is better than work, I randomly called several people named Dattilo in Kentucky. All were unfailingly polite, and none knew anything about a major with their last name who died in World War II. I also discovered that more Dattilos lived in Kentucky than I would have imagined.
Mitchell Zuckoff
WorkWarPeopleLuckWorldBetter
One way to ensure that all kids will be successful in school and life is by focusing on literacy by the end of the third grade.
Doug Ducey
LifeSchoolEndWillWaySuccessful
I think calling me 'full-figured' is just rude.
Christina Hendricks
MeThinkRudeJustCallingI Think
If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can.
Cliff Richard
GodBestI CanGoingRepresent
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