The victors always think they are righteous. But then, they always seem to start a mighty unrighteous squabbling over the spoils.

Jonathan had been around Washington long enough to know that no offer was exactly what it seemed.

So many people of liberal persuasion value their own progressive opinions more than they value the people they hold those opinions about.

He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian.

He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies.

He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.

Our sense of history has grown dangerously thin, and our sense of proportion with it.

Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions.

She had been carried away by the need to defend herself.

People seem to remember the sacrifices they made more than what the sacrifices were for.

The only way to prove his willingness to wait would be to wait.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum."(Adlai E. Stevenson, 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician)

Just looking at him made Andrew feel tense and irritated. It was wonder perfect strangers didn't go up to the guy and punch him in the face.

I've been a huge horror fan since I was about eight years old, which is a little bit young to be watching scary movies.

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.

Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.

I like the beauty of physics, nature is beautiful, it is my second soul to music.

Most people don't have someone to believe in them.

They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.

Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.

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