Nancy Pearcey Quotes

The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state and society - a system that has fostered unprecedented political, social, and intellectual freedom.

Nancy Pearcey

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FreedomSocietyAmericanPolitical

People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically. And I can sort of see it because what you've got your fame for is not being someone who can influence things, so it's cheating.

Joanna Lumley

PeopleInfluenceSomeoneCheating

Throughout Philippine history, it's the immigrants who built fortunes and, in the process, helped build Philippine economy.

John Gokongwei

HistoryProcessImmigrantsBuildWho

I am pro-life, but because life is complicated, that choice is between a woman and her idea of a higher power.

Meghan McCain

LifePowerWomanI AmChoiceHer

I'm a grandfather now.

Robert Plant

GrandfatherNow

I'm from New York, so I'm simultaneously a snob and will also eat any pizza you put in front of me.

Andy Grammer

New YorkPizzaMeYouNewWill

The abduction of a child is a tragedy. No one can fully understand or appreciate what a parent goes through at such a time, unless they have faced a similar tragedy. Every parent responds differently. Each parent copes with this nightmare in the best way he or she knows how.

John Walsh

TimeBestChildAppreciateParent

I think the kick to doing comedy is just to get in a film with really funny people and let them do their jobs. I find that in most comedies, I'm not the funny one, which works out great.

Amy Adams

FunnyGreatPeopleThinkComedyOut

I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.

Tom Perrotta

HonestyEyesTogetherWritingWorld

'One Part Lullaby.' It was our big major-label record. People reference it quite a bit, but it did absolutely nothing. It's like the 'Kids' soundtrack. It did nothing. It didn't start anything for me.

Lou Barlow

PeopleMeStartNothingAnything

I'm not sure that finding a husband at university made me any less of a feminist or an academic. I still soaked up Susan Faludi; I still read Doris Lessing. But I did it at the same time I met someone who I felt was my soulmate.

Janine di Giovanni

TimeMeHusbandSomeoneFindingUp

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Douglas Adams

TimeIllusionLunchtimeDoubly

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

Corin Nemec

NatureBeautifulArtWishesTrue

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