The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.
Edward Snowden
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm partial to epic poetry, which might be surprising given that I don't write poetry at all. The combination of rollicking storytelling with musical language seems to me the highest achievement.
Jennifer Egan
AchievementPoetryMeLanguageWrite
I was an excellent student before I left school. But I graduated early so that I could work longer hours on '90210.'
Jennie Garth
WorkSchoolEarlyStudentLeft
I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good all the time.
Angela Rye
GoodTimeI AmTiredPeopleMe
I'm very much a romantic. I'm highly attuned to an older sensibility, which I believe is alive and well. We're not that far ahead of the Romantic Age in society.
Rufus Wainwright
AgeRomanticSocietyBelieveAlive
One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism community, is to assume if someone hasn't attacked us, it's because he can't or because we've defeated him.
Michael Scheuer
CommunityGreatIntelligenceAmerican
When I smell pho, I just automatically think of my mom. All these nostalgic feelings and memories come rushing through my head.
Michelle Phan
MemoriesMomThinkFeelingsSmell
My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I must continue to practice to retain my constructive and analytic powers. The goal is to be a master of my environment.
Michael Merzenich
PowerPracticeMindBrainDetail
If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has a normal life, that's unnerving. You don't want to think it's as normal as the guy next door, hedging his lawn. It's easier to demonize or separate them off from 'us.'
Michael Moore
LifeDoorReal EstateWoodsThink
I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.
Christine Lagarde
EducationTimeDaySchoolMindHelp
One of my best friends, Mike, had a kid. Just seeing him go through it all was inspiring. It would be so nice to care about someone more than yourself. And Mike is a total delinquent, so if he can do it, I figure I can, too.
Conor Oberst
BestYourselfCareFriendsSomeone
Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.
Claude Chabrol
FreedomYouWithoutBeingObvious
I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.
Bruce Springsteen
TraditionStorytellingNarrativeLike
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