#particular

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't. ↗

— Willie Aames

#i #never #particularly #still #talented

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#always #best #elected #election #facility

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#confined #few #generation #lies #men

One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#did #i #issue #just #just be

I'm not interested in dating. I like being with my own best friend, me. Certain women, particularly older women, cannot believe I like going to a social event by myself. But I do. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#believe #best #best friend #cannot #certain

But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to make educated political decisions. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#crucial role #decisions #educated #gatekeepers #helping

It's not merely that conservatives are better at selling their product, or that they happen to have an easier-and undoubtedly simpler-ideological product to sell. It's that they know what they are selling. Liberals in general and Obama in particular cannot say the same. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#cannot #conservatives #general #happen #know

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal. ↗

— William Ames

#either #fitness #goodness #now #particular

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal. ↗

— Martin Amis

#boldly #every #exemplary #his #hopes

They are a fairly aggressive conservation organization that was started to protect the great whales particularly, but in general all marine life around the world. So those are the people I'm trying to attach my name to. ↗

— Richard Dean Anderson

#around #attach #conservation #fairly #general