James Buchan Quotes

The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world.

James Buchan

Recitation: by Male by Female

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TechnologyWorldRestThoughtForce

First, I'm trying to edit down about 7 hours of material which I made prior to the Cop days and find some way to get it out. This stuff is pretty out there, mostly sonic collages and tape manipulations.

Jim Coleman

TryingFindDownWayFirstOut

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

Joan Baez

GoodWordsMeWritingDownPage

A lot of the stuff that I say doesn't even make TV because it gets cut out. So if you're at the live events you get to hear what I have to say, but if you're watching on TV, you're only getting about 50% of it.

John Cena

LiveYouSayEventsWatchingOut

I'm John McEnroe-like. I'm coming forward every opportunity I get. My wingspan covers some ground at the net. My serve is OK. I can move it around enough. My groundstrokes are good enough to hang in a rally with a good player. But generally, my goal is to put away a point quickly.

Matt Kuchar

GoodOpportunityForwardEnoughGoal

I know people didn't think I'd become a world champion - even people probably in my own camp, my own team, didn't think I'd become a world champion this quickly.

Amir Khan

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The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.

Stanley Baldwin

WomenChildrenWishYouEnemyMore

I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art.

Sia

MusicArtMoviesListenWatching

One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition with you, you will have a coalition against you. I don't want to see China and Russia on the side of Iran more strongly than they are.

Shimon Peres

BuildingYouWantWillMoreSee

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

Robert Burton

YearMakeScholarsOfficersEvery

The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

Denis Diderot

MarriageMoralsHelpDivorceImprove

I think it's a given that people know what I can do vocally.

Christina Aguilera

PeopleThinkI CanKnowI Think

I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

Brian Selznick

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