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Related I'm impressed with how 'Newsweek's' outstanding staff has continued to put out a liv... TINA BROWN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi... C. JOYBELL C. The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In his farewell address, George Washington warned the people about political parties. Now we see how... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans. BARNEY FRANK Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that no... WILLIAM J. CLINTON How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL I'd hate to paint with a broad brush, but many Democrats don't feel that we have a crisis in... DAVE CAMP 'Moderate Republican' is simply how the blabocracy flatters Republicans who vote with the De... ANN COULTER You know nothing, Jon Snow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace... PAUL WELLSTONE You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say. “I had to come back early.” Sh... LISA KLEYPAS A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word. BARBARA BUSH Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealt... DEE DEE MYERS Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Progressives really do see America as guilty of crimes against humanity, and to them, our 'great... TOM TANCREDO Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE If (Republicans) want to play politics with the ability of state troopers to have newer and safer ve... BECKY CARROLL The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the... ROBERT REICH 2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to devel... JAMES C. DOBSON We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more ... BARACK OBAMA Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway pol... DAVID HACKWORTH In the Dobbsian view of America, the mainstream media isn't evil because it's liberal but be... JEANNE MARIE LASKAS Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We'... MARK WARNER The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I don't have a real attraction or interest to national politics, so I want to see Republicans wi... DOUG DUCEY In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE What I've said about compromise, I hope to build a conservative majority so bipartisanship becom... RICHARD MOURDOCK Peace does not walk up to our doorsteps and press the calling bell! We have to go out there and sear... AVIJEET DAS 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON Most of them (Democrats and Republicans) are politicians with fingers to the wind, ... And if I win,... RALPH NADER The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group ... ADAM DAVIDSON America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbor... CHRISTINE PELOSI I'm sassy, even though I hate that word! I'm sensitive and cry real easily. XOSHA ROQUEMORE There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of fut... AL GORE Democrats pride themselves on their commitment to science. Citing climate change, they contend that ... CASS SUNSTEIN Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies. TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO Much of Mr. Bush's 28 percent approval rating is born not of 'failed policies' - of whic... ANDREW BREITBART If someone doesn't have a reason to not like you in America, they talk politics or religion. The... WALE Democrats are the shoplifters of politics while the Republicans are seasoned professional bank robbe... BOBBY W. MILLER You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES They hate you because you act like you're better than they are...." "[they are] Four that you humili... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We are born different to make a difference. LISA R. REYNOLDS In the 1950s, there was little regulation about coastal releasing of slaughterhouse waste. So tiger ... COLIN SIMPFENDORFER Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignor... WILBUR SMITH Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS On some issues, Republicans and Democrats disagree so sharply that compromise is nearly impossible. ... CASS SUNSTEIN Republicans and Democrats have failed to connect the Iraq disaster to the unmet critical needs of Am... DEXTER KAMILEWICZ The EPA's greenhouse gas regulations, along with a host of other onerous regulations, are unnece... GINA MCCARTHY You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in its... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk ab... LAURIE ANDERSON We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides bei... EMANUEL CLEAVER I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON Anything man can make, man can destroy. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the med... ERIC ALTERMAN I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The Democrats and Republicans need to come together. I've criticized Democrats for their unwilli... ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of ... P. J. O'ROURKE Let us learn from the lessons of September 11 and not wait for a major strike before we act. We must... DAN COATS One thing I know from personal experience, judges hate it when parties talk publicly about their cas... MICHAEL ARRINGTON I'm one of the people that, when I hear Republicans talk about repealing Obamacare, I just want ... GARY JOHNSON She always believed love was good and hate was much better. But, indifference would’ve made her a ... A.A. GUPTE It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOO... OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man ge... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... 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They are the Greek chorus of my farm, s... JON KATZ There is no evidence that dogs have the kind of complex emotional lives and value systems that we do... JON KATZ I'm always happy when people choose to get another dog because it's a healthy and healing th... JON KATZ I think of animals more as spirits that come and go. They enter our lives at a particular time and t... JON KATZ It's important to remember that the animals are not grieving with us. They're very accepting... JON KATZ Why is it that if you take advantage of a corporate tax break you're a smart businessman, but if... JON STEWART The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience an... JON LESTER One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profit... JON LANDAU The best thing is to go public only when you're absolutely sure that's the right move for th... 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JON SCIESZKA Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the... JON SECADA I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once. JON PARDI First of all, this whole idea of this one percent versus the 99 percent, it's a false statistic.... JON LOVITZ Gallien cứ băn khoăn không hiểu liệu có phải anh đã nhặt ở cuối bang thứ bốn... JON KRAKAUER Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and ... JON TENNEY Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their... JON LANDAU It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything els... JON LANDAU I held top-secret security clearance. JON OSSOFF