Charlie Pierce Quotes

There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers and millions of little digital bursts transferring billions of dollars all over the globe in the blink of an eye.

Charlie Pierce

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I remember being bullied at school, and I remember being cruel to other kids.

Joel Edgerton

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The only thing 'championship' about Wimbledon is its prestige.

John McEnroe

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Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the materials inside them, but in the way that they appear caged, captured.

Andy Goldsworthy

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I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying.

Sophia Bush

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Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

Robert Dale Owen

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America is the NBA of culture. So to have Asian people in the biggest entertainment market in the world, in Hollywood, is cool.

Ronny Chieng

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College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

Ruby Wax

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Do not be surprised if I adore as God what you called humanity, since you talked of humanity as if it was empty of spirit and you think in the flesh according to the flesh.

Michael Servetus

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We stitch together our days and edit out our nights.

Julia Leigh

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At West Point, we first lived in Central Apartments in a third-floor walk-up next to the hospital where my father worked. My two younger brothers and I shared one big bedroom, and my parents had a tiny one.

Dianne Wiest

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When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel.

Denzel Washington

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Overcrowded cities are spawning increasingly lawless suburbs. Waste is accumulating in and around them, straining the capacity to deal with it.

Christian de Duve

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