#cade

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Evangelical Christians, who once were a ridiculed irrelevant sectarian movement, have, over just three decades, become a powerful voting bloc that can no longer be ignored. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#bloc #christians #decades #evangelical #ignored

Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible. ↗

— Chris Cannon

#anyone #apply #began #career #careers

If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies across the globe. A failed Iraq would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. national security for decades to come. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#come #cut #decades #entire #failed

I am the Empire at the end of the decadence. ↗

— Paul Verlaine

#decadence #empire #end #i #i am

I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For the first time scholarships to go to the West to study were awarded on academic merit. ↗

— Jung Chang

#awarded #began #china #died #first

I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed. ↗

— Lynne Cheney

#after #became #chairman #discovered #existed

You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again. ↗

— Cher

#again #already #apologize #dressed #grown-up

I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

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I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates. ↗

— Juan Cole

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