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I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame. — Brenda Lee

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation. — Ron Chernow

George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters. — Mark Shields

There was a monster in me that had to be fed by success. There is a monster in us all that has to be fed by something. — Chloe Thurlow

I was so afraid to make mistakes and get reprimanded by my coaches that the joy of the sport started slipping away. — Dominique Moceanu

I'm in a small room with pine walls and floorboards. Even the trim is pine, so. Either I was eaten by a tree or I'm in a cabin — Veronica Rossi

There was something nice about a man who was absorbed by a good book. — Maya Rodale

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine. — Caleb Cushing

I think all parts come with baggage unless it is a brand new play. If one was daunted by that, you would never do anything. — Toby Stephens

I looked to the window. Patch was gone, but a single black feather was pressed to the outer pane, held in place by last night's rain. Or angel magic. — Becca Fitzpatrick

I can still feel my legs, thanks for asking. My back's not even hurt that badly. Only as though I was just hit by a train. — Jayde Scott

I had always been told by my parents, not implicitly told, but every inference was that Britain was the hub of the universe. — Rolf Harris

The first movie I did was 'Dan in Real Life,' which was directed by Peter Hedges, the same director who did 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green.' — CJ Adams

He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention — Adam Smith

I'd hate to think our whole planet was being judged by Texas. — Stephen King

I believed that I was alone in my struggle and that my battle was one of survival. By — Dave Pelzer

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. — Bertolt Brecht

There was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden. I lent the ostlers a hand in rubbing down their — Arthur Conan Doyle

This was something that happened in bad horror movies, and books written by people from Maine. — Chris Philbrook

She was like having our own nanny, the Sex Nanny Sent By Satan. — Mark Peter Hughes

[On being told their loquacious, domineering host was 'outspoken':] By whom? — Dorothy Parker

I really fell in love with dance. By the time I was seven, I had dance class six times a week. I was obsessed. — Solange Knowles

In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds. — Kit Carson

What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights. — Hillary Clinton

the finding of a cargo of whisky was, in a sense, like the finding by the Israelites of manna in the wilderness. And — Alexander McCall Smith

Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself. — Aretha Franklin

If there was one thing worse than being cheated, it was being cheated by someone who referred to themselves in the third person. — Chris Wooding

The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way. — Marshall McLuhan

You survived in his world by being the best of the worst and there was no doubt in my mind that was exactly what Bax was — Jay Crownover

My life was planned by Grandfather. Except for my personal life, where he didn't have the same control. — Sadie Grubor

I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently. — Judith Light

When I was at school one would have said, 'I swear by the Bible.' But Bibles were not encouraged at Experiment House. — C.S. Lewis

Still, if there was anything, it came about by no one else's power save the divine will. Everything is from God. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with - and vice versa - the world would be a very shallow and insipid place, indeed. — Nenia Campbell

The Creator made us for each other. Me here. Zelia there. Space was put between us by human error. But our hearts listened to divine will. — Louise Erdrich

You are here for the experience of joyful expansion. It was by the power — Esther Hicks

No. She will never be queen. She swayed toward him, and he felt like he was being encircled by a python, smothered and choked. — Marissa Meyer

By investing at a discount, Benjamin Graham knew that he was unlikely to experience losses. — Seth Klarman

The Cossacks were led by their prince, Amazov, a legendary horseman and, Reed was relieved to find, "a most pleasant and helpful person. — Stephan Talty

She was standing by the barometer, which, if it had had an ounce of sense in its head, would have been pointing to 'Stormy' instead of 'Set Fair — P.G. Wodehouse

Someone else's phone rang twice, and was answered by a scowl I could hear all the way over on my end of the line. — Cherie Priest

I was going to get myself recognized at any price. If I could not win fame by goodness, I was ready to do it by badness. — Mary McCarthy

Art has to be, you know, trade itself, conform to the old strict guidelines set forth by how it was going to act in the future. — Immortal Technique

The one to whom nothing was refused, whose tears were always wiped away by an anxious mother, will not abide being offended.
- De Ira 2.21.6 — Seneca.

The air was stained by shadows, a darkness burst by lightning like camera flashes. — China Mieville

Any time gone by was better. — Jorge Manrique

The fact that light travels at a finite, but very high, speed was first discovered in 1676 by the Danish astronomer Ole Christensen Roemer. — Stephen Hawking

Beauty, as defined by society at large, seemed to be only about who was best at looking like everyone else. — Lucy Grealy

I was always influenced by language. — Helen Dunmore

Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing... — Charles Dickens

I saw you thro' a telescope and was so struck by your Charms that from that time to this I have not tasted human food. — Jane Austen

The freedom of women was achieved by two things: One, the Pill. Two ... by labour-saving devices like the washing machine. By science, not feminism. — Doris Lessing

Sang's ass was not so much an ass but a continuation of leg and bone, covered by pockets because society demanded it be covered by pockets. — Sloane Crosley

It was dark by the time Ye got off work on the eve of Chinese New Year, 1980. — Liu Cixin

The beauty in this world was hidden by filth and lies while evil was painted in beauty and smiles. — Pepper Winters

Small things can start us off in new ways of thinking, and I was started off by the postage stamps of our area. — V.S. Naipaul

Nothing great in science has ever been done by men, whatever their powers, in whom the divine afflatus of the truth-seeker was wanting. — Thomas Huxley

His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency. — Robert A. Heinlein

There was no idiocy bigger than that committed by a man who believed himself the cleverest creature under the sun. — Sherry Thomas

By virtue of its unbounded aggression, Roman imperialism was ultimately responsible for its own destruction. — Peter Heather

Bit by bit [the Second World War] really changed my view of what people were capable of, and therefore what human nature was. — William Golding

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft. — Sam Waterston

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith

This was done to you by men and women whose only desire was to enslave you; they have succeeded so well that you are proud of your slavery. — Orson Scott Card

A frustrated person was born by frustration.
Petra Hermans — Petra Hermans

The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios. — Gene Tierney

There were many peddlers like her among the prisoners: women who were only trying to make a living by selling vegetables, which was against the law. — Anonymous

Meghann knew however strong the evil inside Simon Baldevar was, it was tempered by the love he had for her and their children. — Trisha Baker

i do not know how to live tepidly.
i was never built to fit in.
i live by my soul
and my soul is insane. — AVA.

I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation. — Simin Daneshvar

By today's standards, if you go by the early morning TV misery shows, my broken home family of mixed parentage siblings was quite normal. — Hailey Giblin

it was the night when people got paid and didn't have to work the next day, and so by tradition went out to get drunk and into fights. Then — Iain M. Banks

I was rescued from being a greaser by music. — Steve Kimock

This society, promoted by its leaders as an egalitarian utopia, was in truth one of the most unequal societies on earth. — Peter Hitchens

Affairs began, drama spread, and traditional, good-old-boy camaraderie was tainted by the temptresses who represented the inconvenience of feminism. — Maggie Young

murders. Was he just a killer hired by the real Miami — H. Terrell Griffin

The varicolored cloud dust that the sun has stirred up in the sky was settling by slow degrees. — Zora Neale Hurston

For the first time in my life I've done something for me and by choice and not because somebody told me it was good or bad. — Lauren Oliver

By 1940 Grace Hopper was bored. She had no children, her marriage was unexciting, and teaching math was not as fulfilling as she had hoped. — Walter Isaacson

I promptly said that life was a random series of beautifully composed vignettes, loosely tied together by a string of characters and time. — Mahbod Seraji

It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception. — Albert Einstein

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly. — Warren Zevon

I asked: "And I was very surprised by the ending. Were you?" "Of course not - I'd read it first. — Will Schwalbe

By absorbing so many books he was trying to purge his own failure as a writer. It wasn't working, but he feared what would happen if he stopped. — Chad Harbach

My friend, it was but a song of love out of a poet's heart, sung by every man to every woman. — Kahlil Gibran

By gum,' said Digory, 'Don't I just wish I was big enough to punch your head! — C.S. Lewis

Everything can draw inspiration: a vintage cloth, a book, a street-when I was in Japan, I was deeply inspired by Japanese pharmacies. — Renzo Rosso

I was lieing to myself when I thought I was lost, I have never been lost - I just wasn't ready to be found. — Nikki Rowe

If your faith is threatened by something that's true, then it wasn't much of a faith to begin with, was it? — Rob Bell

The whole area, manor house, Clink, all eighteen brothels and the handsome profits therefrom, belonged to and was ruled by the bishop. — Edward Rutherfurd

I have an idea that the phrase "the weaker sex" was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm. - OGDEN NASH — Daniel G. Amen

I didn't know your identity, but I had an impression of who my opponent was, being surrounded by things you made. — Erin Morgenstern

I was convinced that being ripped in two by him would be the best pleasure I'd ever known. — Christina Lauren

The way you got sideswiped was by going back. I — Joan Didion

I was charmed by a performance given by Crowded House at Toronto's Massey Hall where the bass player broke a string. — Alannah Myles

The way my imagination was running I'd be thinking I was possessed by everyone in hell. — Karina Halle

There was too much protection in a drone, protection that was also a denial of one's own humanity, very much like the protection offered by a burqa. — David Burr Gerrard

First he was confused by my entire existence, and then pleased. — Brittainy C. Cherry

The only time people turned to watch her go by was when she hurtled past them as she fell. — Cassandra Clare

My life was sweeter than other people's and my death will be more terrible by the same degree. — Franz Kafka