Virginia Postrel Quotes

'CSI' has not only remained a top-rated show through seven seasons; it has had real-world consequences. Police and prosecutors complain of a 'CSI' effect' that leads juries to demand more physical evidence than they used to expect. College officials use the same term to describe spiking enrollment in forensic-science programs.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

Topics

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The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.

Mia Love

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I'm always flattered and honored when people cover my music or sing my songs, no matter where it is.

Amos Lee

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Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.

Robert Delaunay

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I draw inspiration from everywhere, whether it's country, R&B, gospel.

Jay DeMarcus

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I think we have a culture that creates heroes and then needs to knock them down, and then you have to see what the third act brings.

Dean Devlin

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You just let your lower self go, and then it takes on all these aspects of the society - the city with horns blowing, the people yelling things at each other, and the all-in-all violence and chaos of the city. Put that on stage with music, and that's what this is.

Alice Cooper

MusicPeopleCityChaosSocietyYou

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves.

Phyllis George

HistoryMoneyFunFeelCreateNow

To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there are only two states in which slaves are a majority, and not one in which the slaveholders are not a very disproportionate minority.

William H. Seward

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I enjoy running in Doha. The stadium is close and intimate, which makes you feel connected with the fans.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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I feel like I've done Pete Hornberger, and that is a painting I have signed, and I don't need to play that character anymore. So I'll get offers for panicky, pathetic guys, and while it's a great compliment to get them, I feel like I don't need to play that again.

Scott Adsit

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Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing.

Tituss Burgess

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In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's no mediocrity accepted.

Mario Batali

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