Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
And it is because a series of elements in Spanish life which operate today the same way as they did in the times of Blanco White made obvious my relationship with him, based on a similarity in Spain's condition.
Juan Goytisolo
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Bible
I knew a girl that was so ugly that... her mother ripped in two when she had her.
Rodney Dangerfield
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Ludwig van Beethoven
I'm more of an adventurous type than a relationship type.
Bob Dylan
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
YOU are your love of a lifetime.
Steve Maraboli
The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.
Dee Hock
What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.
Portia de Rossi
He that keepeth the law of the Lord getteth the understanding thereof: and the perfection of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
Martin Luther
Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Ambrose Bierce
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
Friedrich Schiller
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
Mark Twain
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.
Theodore Roosevelt
Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George.
Audrey Meadows
Great countries are those that produce great people.
Benjamin Disraeli
Consult. To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
Al Franken
By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
Rabindranath Tagore
Age. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.
Belief creates the actual fact.
William James
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
Henry Ward Beecher
And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed.
Allen Klein
For future reference, Harry, it is raspberry...although of course, if I were a Death Eater, I would have been sure to research my own jam preferences before impersonating myself.
J.K. Rowling
Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
To the mind, God is a perfect criminal. He has done such a perfect crime by creating this world that mind cannot trace how He did it. That is why the mind always freaks out about God.
Prem Rawat
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
Lao Tzu
Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.
Oscar Wilde
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
John Morley
Divorce. A resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.
Wallace Shawn
Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth.
Leo Tolstoy
Country music is about new love and it's about old love.
Jeff Foxworthy
I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!
Charles Dickens
Opiate. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
Harriet Tubman
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