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More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

Albert Bushnell Hart American Historian

Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?

Mary Wollstonecraft British Writer

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

Glen Campbell American Musician

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Edgar Allan Poe American Poet

Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.

Emily Dickinson American Poet

This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.

Barry Diller American Businessman

Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,000 years?

Jared Diamond American Author

If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.

Paul Harvey American Journalist

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

Hesiod Greek Poet

I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed.

George A. Romero American Director

You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.

David McCullough American Historian

Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books.

David Strathairn American Actor

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Charles Simic American Poet

But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby.

Heston Blumenthal English Celebrity

What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history.

Avery Brooks American Actor

And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.

George Carey English Clergyman

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

Mike Thompson American Politician

Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.

G. B. Trudeau

A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.

T. Berry Brazelton

U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.

Charles Foster Bass American Politician