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The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
Written by Chanakya
It wasn't until I was 26 or 25 when I started sending work out to magazines.
Written by Anthony Doerr
I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense I know I am a part of it and take my photographs from that emotional feeling within me, rather than from an emotional distance as a spectator.
Written by Galen Rowell
The tremendous honour of the Nobel Prize is of the strongest incentive to me in my work, while the amount of the Prize will greatly simplify my task and provide me with much valuable help in my work.
Written by August Krogh
The Constitution separated the ideologies and values of the Church from the State, and leaders of the State were thus educated in matters pertaining to the State. These leaders proved themselves time after time with their pragmatic intellectual capacities.
Written by Mike Medavoy
The public's got it right, a lot of NBA stars are arrogant and like to spend lots of money and have lots of girlfriends and all that.
Written by Andrew Bogut
I am not complaining; I had a beautiful childhood - we didn't have a lot of money, but there was always food on the table, and my parents saved money so that in the holidays we would all get in the car and drive to the mountains. I have amazing parents.
Written by Noemie Lenoir
How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?
Written by Nigel Rees
I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon.
Written by Edie Falco
I considered myself one of the boys. My brothers didn't spoil me at all, not at all. I was very tomboyish. It wasn't as if I was like a princess or anything like that.
Written by Joie Lee
My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove it either.
Written by Christopher Hitchens
Winning is fun... Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point.
Written by Pat Summitt
What you have is two men seeking the White House; they're both products of prominent New England families. They both went to private boarding schools. They both went to a prestigious university.
Written by Mark Shields
Sometimes you will get feedback that is contrary to your vision. You may be trying to drive in a particular direction that people don't necessarily understand at first.
Written by Stewart Butterfield
I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.
Written by Tim Robbins
I want to be my son's superhero.
Written by Victoria Azarenka
I don't think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and that's the way I'm succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is 'I'm sorry,' and I keep moving on.
Written by Dikembe Mutombo
I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now.
Written by William Kempe
If you want to teach women to be great writers, you should show them the best, and the best was often done by men. It was more often done by men than by women, if we're going to be truthful.
Written by A. S. Byatt
Sometimes, I want to make a record that's so schizophrenic and so all over the place, and then other times, I want to make a record that's very coherent and very short and together.
Written by Jim James
I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.
Written by Todd Haynes
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
Written by Alexis de Tocqueville
My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs. If you're a pianist, you have your piano. If you're a guitarist, you have your guitar. But if you're a dancer, or you're an actor - your instrument is your body.
Written by Monica Bellucci
I am the world's most appalling martial artist. I am so bad. I've studied jujitsu, kickboxing, t'ai chi. Once, I was sparring with someone, made a mistake, and managed to knock them down. I was so shocked that I dropped to my knees to see if they were all right, and then they knocked me out cold. From the floor.
Written by Nick Harkaway
Innovation happens best when people of different backgrounds come together to solve the world's toughest challenges and, in the process, can create new jobs and opportunities. I'm hopeful that updated immigration policies will encourage entrepreneurs from around the world to help tackle these opportunities in the U.S.
Written by Mike Krieger
If you go and stop people at a supermarket and ask them for their receipt and say, 'Hey how much did you just spend?' middle class shoppers have no idea. The poor know what they just spent.
Written by Sendhil Mullainathan
I realized that I didn't think I could stand the psychological battering that actors have to withstand. I just felt I wasn't cut out for that kind of self-promotion.
Written by Phyllida Lloyd
Nothing amazes me anymore.
Written by David Beckham

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