"I've always been a fan of Fran Drescher!"

-- Ian Ziering

“Intelligence, like fire, is a power that is neither good nor bad in itself but rather takes its virtue, its moral coloring, from its application.”

Source : Roger Kimball (2002). “Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse”, Ivan R Dee
“I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I'm a tiny woman but I have enormous authority in myself.”
“There will always be situations in which conflicts arise between individual and communal values - Catholic police officers deployed to enable women to enter abortion clinics without harassment and doctors who oppose performing abortions. No social role is free of such potential conflicts.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“I believe that every person is born with talent.”
“I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.”

Source : Miep Gies (2012). “Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state”
“Running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.”
“Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.”

Source : 1996 Of Tony Blair and the revision of Clause Four. In the New Yorker, 5 Feb.

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