Theodore White Quotes

A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I'm somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill.

Theodore White

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WaterFreeBelieveSomeonePerson

I was a freshman at Stanford University the first time someone called me a 'bama.' One of my new friends from D.C. said it, laughing, and even though I didn't know what it meant, exactly, I got that it was some kind of insult. I must have smirked or shrugged, which made him laugh harder, and then he called me 'country,' too.

Jesmyn Ward

TimeMeLaughFriendsSomeoneKnow

Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.

Jeffrey Archer

HopeMoving OnMovingPrisonTwo

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

Amanda Palmer

JourneyFlameCareerNeverSet

I'm a huge Disney fan.

Amber Stevens

FanDisneyHuge

From the boys' point of view, scouting puts them into fraternity-gangs, which is their natural organisation, whether for games, mischief, or loafing; it gives them a smart dress and equipments; it appeals to their imagination and romance; and it engages them in an active, open-air life.

Robert Baden-Powell

LifeImaginationSmartDressView

I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay.

Mary Douglas

I AmPeopleSocietyFeelBe True

It is often said that definitions of Islamic government are imprecise. To me, however, they seemed to have a clarity that was completely familiar and also, it must be said, far from reassuring.

Michel Foucault

GovernmentMeClaritySaidMustFar

The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.

Diane Ravitch

EducationHopeComplacencyAmerican

There is no creative process to come up with a character of Dean Ambrose.

Dean Ambrose

CharacterCreativeProcessUpCome

I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended.

David Sedaris

FamilyOffendedEverythingCheck

On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

Clive Anderson

EnvironmentalTreesGlobal Warming

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model.

Arlen Specter

SuccessFatherGreatMoneyManWar

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