A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.
Edith Wharton
Recitation: by Male by Female
Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people.
Jeffrey Eugenides
MarriageNew YorkPeopleThinkFate
I don't really know if things go from one life to another. I don't know if there's another life after this. I don't want to know.
Shyam Selvadurai
LifeGoKnowWantThingsAfter
What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other.
Mary Douglas
InjusticePlaceNationEnemiesSeen
In 'Boondien' I worked with a band where everyone had their own instrument to play.
Mohit Chauhan
PlayBandEveryoneOwnWhereHad
My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.
Jason Calacanis
FirstCompanyWhereAlleyReporter
No one ceases to be a man, no one forfeits his rights to civilization merely by being more or less uncultured, and since the Filipino is regarded as a fit citizen when he is asked to pay taxes or shed his blood to defend the fatherland, why must this fitness be denied him when the question arises of granting him some right?
Jose Rizal
FitnessManCivilizationCitizenWhy
Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency.
Jonah Goldberg
PoliticsLookBackNowConservative
Sometimes you can take those dramatic roles and maybe interject a little humor into them, and I think the reverse also works.
Dennis Farina
HumorThinkYouSometimesLittle
Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability.
Claron McFadden
CourageRisksSafetyArtistGoShe
I think The Police made five great records and then called it a day. They went out on top.
Art Alexakis
GreatDayPoliceThinkTopOut
I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it.
Wislawa Szymborska
LiveRelationshipPeopleWriteBig
The reason I've gotten so far has to do with an extraordinary talent that I had nothing to do with.
Shelly Burch
TalentNothingReasonExtraordinary
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