Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Media outlets that are exploiting Ebola because they want a sensational story and politicians using it to their own ends ought to be ashamed.
Robert Reich
StoryMediaWantPoliticiansOwn
In the separation of the human species from nature, life goes awry.
Michael Frome
LifeNatureSeparationHumanSpecies
I learned another lesson from Jack Welch. It was in 1998, and at that time, we were one of the most valuable companies in the world. I said, 'Jack, what does it take to have a great company?' And he said, 'It takes major setbacks and overcoming those.'
John T. Chambers
GreatTimeWorldOvercomingLesson
God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine.
John Piper
GodWalkShineLongMoralGlory
The United States attorney in South Carolina was a Barack Obama appointee. Politically, he is to the left of Mao Zedong.
Trey Gowdy
UnitedLeftSouth CarolinaHeStates
You can't wake up one day and say 'I'm for gay marriage,' and wake up the next day and say 'I'm against it.' Wake up one day and say, 'I'm pro-choice,' and the next day wake up and say, 'I'm pro-life.' There's no credibility there.
Roger Stone
MarriageDayWake UpYouGaySay
I don't like the idea that you're supposed to woo someone by doing things you wouldn't want to do on an everyday basis.
Jason Ralph
SomeoneDoingYouWantEverydayWoo
I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.
Janice Dickinson
QueenMistakeBeenMadeDysfunction
My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying about whether she will get fulfilled or liberated or enlightened. As long as she gets some food and a little affection, her life is fine.
Joko Beck
LifeDogFoodBreakfastWorryLong
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.
William Gurnall
HumilityVeilNecessaryOtherGraces
The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures. What makes a country a world leader? Is it population, in which case India is on course to top the charts, overtaking China as the world's most populous country by 2034?
Shashi Tharoor
LeadershipLeaderWorldIndiaTop
I used to live in Canada. It's a beautiful country with a lot of different kind of topographic regions.
Sebastian Bach
LiveBeautifulCountryCanadaKind
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