Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
Edmund Waller
Recitation: by Male by Female
Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.
Jodi Picoult
ThinkGayBornHappenRightsUs
The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.
Jennifer Egan
MeProcessFeelingPlaceKnowWay
It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election.
Matt Gonzalez
TimeElectionTimingLittleJust
As I get older, my appreciation for wine has just increased. I fell in love with wine through my travels, but knowing what the wine country is all about definitely makes it my own.
Jeff Gordon
LoveAppreciationWineCountryOwn
Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.
Jeff Lindsay
SocietySometimesNothingMoreDogs
Moses Montefiore loved Jerusalem, lived for Jerusalem, and even made it our family motto. A Zionist before the word was invented, he believed in the sacred idea of Jewish return as a religious Jew's duty, and in Jewish statehood.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
FamilyMottoLovedDutyJewishIdea
I think 80 percent of the population are really great, caring people who will help you and tell you the truth. That's just the way it is. And I think 20 percent of the population are crooks and liars. It's just a fact.
Tom Hanks
TruthGreatCaringPeopleThinkYou
My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.
Ronnie Wood
NowTwoLivedHerGotUncles
I went to UC Santa Cruz, overlooking the Bay of Monterey and Santa Cruz, in 1969. Back then, the city was part-hippie, part-surfer, but mostly retired chicken farmer.
Clive Sinclair
CityFarmerBackChickenSantaBay
It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer.
William of Occam
DoneMoreVainFewer
My interactions with Sorkin were agonisingly weird. He is by far the weirdest person I have ever met. I had dinner with him and a few hours before I got an e-mail from his assistant saying, 'Sean, this does not need to be a long conversation. Aaron is only going to use it to win your trust.'
Sean Parker
TrustDinnerWinSayingWeirdLong
I have known several of the Trump team for years, and I am in a good position with the President-elect's support to help.
Nigel Farage
GoodI AmSupportTeamHelpYears
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