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Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide. Shawn Amos
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New Orleans' survival depends on three things. Getting a handle on violent crime, building a viable public school system and eradicating the abject and debilitating corruption that that has plagued New Orleans for so long. Jim Letten
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This string sextet by Schoenberg is based on a Viennese poem in which a women walks with her lover under the moon and confesses that she is pregnant by another man. The man tells his love he will stay with her no matter what and raise the child. The arc of the piece moves from abject sorrow and guilt to joy and underscores the transformative power of love and commitment. Michael Barrett
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If not met promptly and decidedly, the two portions of the Union will gradually become thoroughly alienated, when no alternative will be left to us, as the weaker of the two, but to sever all political ties or sink down into abject submission. John C. Calhoun
abject conscious countries driven forward poverty urgent
We are conscious of the abject poverty that so many countries and individuals face. We're being driven forward by the urgent need to act, Gordon Brown
abject apply failure measure next success utter
With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success. Ben Carson
abject life necessity water
Water is the abject necessity for any kind of life to exist.
abject paper work
My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly. Kara Walker
abject billions cook count electricity food fuel living people
There are still hundreds of millions, billions of people living in abject poverty around the world. They need electricity. They need electricity they can count on, that they can afford. They need fuel to cook their food on that's not animal dung.
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Like everyone else, I grew up loving the Anne books, but L.M. Montgomery is so much more. Like Jane Austen, she has an eye for the absurd and a gift for the 'mot juste.' Lauren Willig
absurd birth mountains
Mountains will be in labour, and the birth will be an absurd little mouse. Horace
absurd hardly imagine ridiculous
One can hardly imagine a more ridiculous and absurd interpretation.
absurd biggest entertainment guy neither nor
Neither Beckett, nor Ionesco, not even Arrabal: the biggest responsible for the absurd in entertainment is the guy who calculates the tickets' prices.
absurd complete general government led people played politics public sight situation voted
The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. John Major
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. T. J. Miller
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I think we get stuck in routines so easily that when an absurd moment in life seems to be there for no reason, it wakes you up out of your everyday pattern. You pull back and look at life a little bit wider because of that one weird thing you weren't expecting. Kurt Braunohler
absurdity came joke life lives order smell
I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place.
absurd dreams eyes finally found hail illusion knowing lack man millennia power raise rays stars sun surrounds truly vanity
Only then man will raise his eyes to the sun that caressed with its rays so many millennia of frustration and anguish, of absurd and uncertainty, of lack of power and suffering. He will hail the sun and the stars and everything that surrounds him knowing they are all vanity of vanities. Vanity of vanities that will give man a meaning! This vanity of vanities will tell the man that he truly dreams his own Illusion of Life, that he finally found the meaning!
assumption dyslexia incapable learned lots recognized school teachers trouble
I had lots of trouble in school as a child, and I lost confidence. Teachers thought I was stupid. I learned to read very late, when I was 11. Dyslexia wasn't recognized then, and the assumption was you were incapable of thinking. Richard Rogers
assumption due holiday single trading
Lighter-than-usual trading volumes, due to the Assumption Day holiday in Europe, facilitated the single currency's gains,
assumption complete exercise influence pakistan position
Of course, the assumption that Pakistan is in a position to exercise complete influence is flawed.
assumption further single
One thing that he said was the assumption that a sniper was a single person could not be further from the truth,
assumption choice easy found list named pc top
My assumption is that ... they ... found out that PC World had named the 7170 to its top 10 list in 2005, so the choice was easy for them.
assumption confident duty feels good interview ken months people process reports several talking team
My assumption from talking with Ken in the interview process is that the investigation will go forward. I think he feels confident that there is a good team of people in place who are working on it and he has several more months to be part of the investigation before he reports for duty out here.
assumption began believed genuinely money people therefore
My assumption when I began writing was that you were never going to make any money. And you were never going to reach everyone. Therefore you had to do as much as you could in the service of something you genuinely believed in. And if you do that and people get upset, well, there you go. Dorothy Allison
assumption economic growth primary profit resume
The primary assumption is that economic and profit growth will resume by midyear.
assumption certainly community fee gaming impressive involved key kids less month offer pay permission point price teens time value
The price point is certainly an impressive value statement, ... I think the going assumption is you have to pay about $10 a month to be involved in a gaming community like this, so to offer a one time fee of $49.99 is going to make it a lot less challenging for kids or teens to get permission to play. I think it's a key price point position. John Taylor
conducting market public revisit wants
If, after conducting market research, we find the public wants Christopher, we may revisit the decision.
conducting council point security un
If we have to go back to UN Security Council resolutions, there is no point conducting this dialogue, Manmohan Singh
conducting human narratives time
As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time. David Hare
conducting foreign leverage oil political
We are not going to use oil as political leverage in conducting our foreign policy.
conducting mine people
The people who were inspecting the mine will not be the people conducting the investigation.
conducting knows master repertoire skilled technique true work
Gustav is a true master of the traditional repertoire; it's a real inspiration to work with someone who knows the repertoire with such intimacy. He's such a skilled communicator, and his conducting technique is unparalleled. Steve Collins
conducting continuing
I am still conducting an investigation, ... We are continuing our investigation. Michael Young
conducting continuing criminal leads running
The criminal investigation is continuing at this time. We're running down new leads and conducting more interviews,
conducting figure interview liberal political shares wrong
There is nothing wrong with being a declared liberal or conservative and conducting a sympathetic interview with a political figure who shares your views. Peggy Noonan
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Self is ingenious, crooked, and, governed by subtle and snaky desire, admits of endless turnings and qualifications, and the deluded worshippers of self vainly imagine that they can gratify every worldly desire, and at the same time possess the Truth James Allen
deluded face true
Without the True Guru, they are deluded by doubt, going to the world hereafter, what face will they show?
deluded doubt necessity war
Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war. John McCain
five further miles rarely
I cycle, which is a healthy thing for an 80-year-old to do. I rarely go further than five miles, but in those five miles I can get to 80 percent of the places I want to go.
five fugitive future return spending
I'm not a fugitive anymore. Never will be in the future. After spending five years in jail, you learn your lesson. I never want to return there. Kevin Mitnick
five four games good known last
LSU is known for their offense, but they play very good defense. Unfortunately, we've started the last four or five games like we did today.
five grown major past percent
Major bottlenecks ... have grown by 40 percent -- up from 167 bottlenecks to 233 bottlenecks over the past five years.
five moved receiver until wide
Mack was a 6-foot-4 wide receiver until we moved him to fullback. After five years, he was down to 6 feet. I think he's like 5-foot-8 by now. Shaun Alexander
five good lewis mostly past seven starters
Lewis is a young team, mostly freshmen. We know they're inexperienced, so we can't look past them. Loyola has five of their seven starters back. They're a good team, no question.
five happy looking mile
Leah was right there with them. Leah was happy with her time. We are still looking at going under five (minutes) this year. The two mile is more her race.
five four regular sean
Sean was a little snake-bit in the regular season. He had a lot of chances, but he only had four or five goals.
five owns process today
Sears owns the Kenmore brand. We're one of at least five different manufacturers in a process that they manage. What we manufacture for them today we may not manufacture tomorrow.
government intention japanese whatsoever
It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me.
government greek
The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. Robert W. Welch, Jr.
government interest member neither nor sought statesmen themselves
Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the injury of a single member of the Confederacy. Robert Toombs
government mistrust ways
The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition. Kurt Andersen
government people shut
Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people. David Scott
government loyalty
Loyalty is to the government. I take this so seriously. Linda Tripp
government itself left situation
left to the Kuwaiti government itself and its estimation about the situation in Iraq. Hoshyar Zebari
government maps pakistan request
No one in the Pakistan government has made such a request that such maps be removed.
government hard
No one in government is making hard choices, David Williams
indiana
No one is better situated than we are in Indiana to do this.
indian keeping people point prison reverse secure upstate visited
Giuliani visited Indian Point and said, 'It's a reverse of Marion' high-security prison in upstate New York. It's as secure as Marion, but not in keeping people in but keeping people out.
indian left less people politics realize
I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit. Larry Brilliant
indian indigenous member nations western
I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Western Hemisphere. John Trudell
indian rural scientists transform work
All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.
indian-leader mind
The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included. Bodhidharma
indians regardless strikes time
What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They're very demanding, regardless of background. Sundar Pichai
indian melodies music notes though time transcends unique
Though music transcends language, culture and time, and though notes are the same, Indian music is unique because it is evolved, sophisticated and melodies are defined.
indian point sources switch throw ultimately work
We can't just throw a switch and say Indian Point is going to be safe, we have to look long-term because it will ultimately be decommissioned and we have to work aggressively now to bring in new sources of power. George Pataki
itself limit love
Love expands; it does not limit itself to boundaries. Sathya Baba
itself knocking narrative starts
When the narrative itself starts knocking on the glassed-in box that was your prescription for how you were going to write this novel... you have to listen to it. Jim Crace
itself plan rules
The plan itself is still being drafted. We're working with HUD on rules and regulations.
itself run
On the run itself we have 92 barricades and over 300 cones.
itself love prove
Hollywood is in love with any kind of nostalgia that can prove itself to be commercial. Dan Aykroyd
itself project voted
The project itself was not voted on in 1999,
itself life
For in itself a thought, a slumbering thought, is capable of years, and curdles a long life into one hour. Lord Byron
itself known life musician regretted store
I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down. Virgil Thomson
itself moderate obtain
Man's greed to obtain something for nothing has never yet been able to content itself with a moderate profit.
likely normally problem
Least likely normally to have a problem is the kicker. Dick Vermeil
likely multiple parties
Settlement talks, if any, will likely be very complex, with multiple parties involved. Henry Blodget
likely
One thing that is likely to make you lose touch is if you keep in touch with the past too much. John Hurt
likely multiple single strain
If a single introduction of a pandemic-capable strain is likely to happen, then multiple introductions are also likely.
likely
If we don't take this opportunity, it's very likely that we won't get another chance.
likely playing
If we're playing well, they may not make many moves. If they're not playing great, they likely will make some moves. I feel like they are going to play great.
likely
I feel that we'll likely have a deal. Jerry Jones
likely
If they don't do it tomorrow, they will likely do it in January.
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This study shows there is something real about acupuncture and its effectson fibromyalgia, ... Our study was performed on patients with moderate to severe fibromyalgia. It's my speculation that if acupuncture works for these patients with recalcitrant fibromyalgia - where previous treatments had not provided satisfactory relief - it would likely work for many of the millions of fibromyalgia patients. David Martin
majority public railways tory
Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership. Jeremy Corbyn
major money pay please
Make as much money as you can, but can you please pay your taxes, because this is a major problem. Mo Ibrahim
major members negligence
major negligence on the part of some members of the multinational forces. Ayad Allawi
major market remain trigger
Major market indexes are going to remain in a range, ... I don't see a big trigger on the upside.
major
Major is not a big scorer but he can play defense.
major quite students work
Many students major in things, and when they go to work they say, 'This isn't quite what I thought it was'.
major members points promoting rounds
One of our major points is promoting four-hour rounds or less. Our members really like that.
major
My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases. Ang Lee
major
Now, we've also got new major fundraising efforts.
merely ownership raise raises reform
Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
merely politics
Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools.
merely remark subject
Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work. Charles Hodge
merely written
I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself. Patrick O'Brian
merely proper
Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims. bell hooks
merely
No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing. Oscar Wilde
merely number violated whatsoever witnesses
Janet is merely one of a number of witnesses and there is no allegation whatsoever that Janet has violated any law.
merely slip spring
To think that spring had depended/On merely this, a look, a kiss/To think that something so splendid/Could slip away in one little daybreak . . . . Frank Sinatra
merely message needs
What humanity needs today is not merely philosophy or theology, but a message or reassurance. Dada Vaswani
millions
Let's just say it would be in the millions of dollars,
millions people reason unified vote younger
So many millions of people don't feel like their vote has any meaning. There is no reason why younger people can't be a unified force.
millions rainy sunday themselves
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz
millions spend
If we have all the data... we will not have to spend all those millions of dollars.
millions moment moments patient worthwhile
Not only will this make you treat each moment more preciously, but you will be more patient with yourself and with others, recognizing that there are millions of moments on the path to any worthwhile achievement. Menachem Mendel Schneerson
millions
If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets. Warren Ellis
millions people somebody
I'm not sure who has the right to say that you have better taste than somebody else, because essentially what you're doing is calling millions of people morons. Simon Cowell
millions people record united
The United Nations has a proud record of helping millions of people in mine-affected countries. Ban Ki-moon
millions nelson perpetual
I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world. Malala Yousafzai
nuclear production
no other application than the production of nuclear warheads.
nuclear power volatile
Nuclear power is not as volatile as gas. Carl Crawford
nuclear bombs physicist
The one great gift to humankind from our nuclear physicists has been the nuclear bomb. How can we ever thank them? Edward Abbey
nuclear weapons today
Today, India is a nuclear weapons state. Abdul Kalam
nuclear target hussein
[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target. Dick Cheney
nuclear weapons acquisition
The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it. Benjamin Netanyahu
nuclear technology valuable
U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected. Charles Bass
nuclear problem
We have never had a problem with the nuclear reactor and it has been here for 38 years.
nuclear-terrorism forever suffering
Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe.
people
It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object. Isabella Rossellini
people
I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.
people
Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.' Rick Perlstein
people
People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.
people
I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.
people
There are not enough people out talking about the President positively. Robert Teeter
people
Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment. Roger Penrose
people
My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said. Kristy Swanson
people
I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour. Malorie Blackman
possession power tendency time
There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it.
possession religion
One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it.
possession goods insatiable
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. David Hume
possession values
Understand that the only possession of any value is life. Andre Gide
possession seems time
Every possession was gold. It seems like every time we play Southern, it comes down to the end.
possession
Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly. David Platt
possession proclamation
Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation.
possession humans human-beings
No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession. Albert Camus
possession
Our possessions don't own us any more, because we don't possess them. Dan Davis
shots tough
Friesen's a tough player. She made some unbelievable shots in the first half.
shot tried
I was surprised. I thought they'd foul, and they didn't. I just tried to get a shot up there on the glass, and I put it up just right and it went down. Gerry McNamara
shot
I was right on him, but he got the shot off.
shot
I got to feel with him, I got a shot to play professionally.
shot
I got the shot we wanted. It just wouldn't go down. Steve Novak
shot
I got (Sheridan) in the air, which is what I wanted to do, but the shot didn't go in.
shot whether
I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone. Spike Jonze
shot
I make that shot 99 out of a 100 times.
shot
I'm a junior, so I know I'll have another shot at him. Ryan Smith
states subjects susceptibility
writers do not find subjects: subjects find them. There is not so much a search as a state of open susceptibility. Elizabeth Bowen
states submerged united united-states
We are part of the United States now, but we don't want to be submerged and lost.
states united wants
Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon. Barack Obama
states united
But the United States did not keep its word. Is an American's word reliable these days?
states barometer interest
...interest is the barometer of the state...
states hyperbole constant
I live in a constant state of hyperbole. Eden Sher
states senators productive
I was very productive as a senator for my state. Carol Moseley Braun
states secretary
I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever. Madeleine Albright
states evident secretary
I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.
superpower
The U.S. will lose its status as the superpower of the world financial system. The world will become multi-polar. Peer Steinbruck
tests whatever yesterday
Now that the tests have been done, we know what it's not. Whatever it was, it was significantly more debilitating yesterday morning.
tests firsts beats
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ. David Guetta
tests failing explanation
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests. David Deutsch
tests majority failing
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.
tests poultry clients
I would expect an extremely high percentage of the chickens would test positive. Our poultry industry clients wouldn't like that. Bryan Shelton
tests firsts calling
The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it. Arnold Bennett
tests way facts
Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact. Bill Nye
tests rings universe
The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it. C. S. Lewis
tests faces indifference
The test of an invention is the power of an inventor to push it through in the face of staunch-not opposition, but indifference-in society. Edwin Land
time
I think there's something about traveling in airplanes all the time that's not the healthiest thing in the world for you. Robert Osborne
time truth integrity
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. Albert Schweitzer
time troops
Make no mistake, our troops will be in Afghanistan and Iraq for a long time.
time valuable
So it was a valuable time for us. Jack Rio
time tony
My first time ever on the Tony Awards was in 1984, the year of 'The Rink.' Scott Ellis
time
One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show. Anwar Robinson
time
Obviously, you're going to have jitters the first time you play in this event, but at the end of the day, it's still the same game. Rick DiPietro
time
Of course, in the band, we all interpreted in our own way simultaneously, so this time I'm just going to do it all by myself and see what comes out. Phil Lesh
time
No one got confirmation that she was napping. There was no time for napping.
united united-states worldwide
One of the things we know is that this is a worldwide trend. It's not just in the United States.
united united-states
No one else (in the United States) is making it.
united
New People: Miscegenation and Mulattoes in the United States. Strom Thurmond
united-states grew states
I grew up in the United States. Dominique de Villepin
united-states may constitution
I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved & defended until it is enforced & obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced and defended, and let the grass grow where it may. Abraham Lincoln
united united-states western
I don't know of it being in this county, but I do know it's in the western United States.
united
I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.' F. Lee Bailey
united
The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.
united
I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.
weapons
Mr. President, where are the weapons that you told us about? Howard Dean
weapons
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. Samuel Butler
weapons human-nature realizing
When the gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he will lay down his weapons and turn himself in ... that's just human nature. Dianne Feinstein
weapons needs construction
We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It's not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves. Walter Benjamin
weapons sometimes wounds
Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes. Cher
weapons way world
The way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. Calista Flockhart
weapons
We've got enough guys, enough weapons to play around that and we just have to do it. Paul Davis
weapons tools negotiating
Food is a tool. It is a weapon in the U.S. negotiating kit Earl Butz
weapons changing-environment dinosaurs
The dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment. We shall disappear if we cannot adapt to an environment that now contains spaceships, computers — and thermonuclear weapons. Arthur C. Clarke