#tract

When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

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I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#been #bunch #chance #doing #dose

What makes the Universal Declaration an epochal document is first of all its global impetus and secondly the breadth of its claims, a commitment to a new social contract, binding on all the Governments of the world. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#breadth #claims #commitment #contract #declaration

I don't know about liberal bias, but people of a liberal mentality are probably attracted in greater numbers to the arts than people of a conservative mentality. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#arts #attracted #bias #conservative #greater

I think about cars to try and distract myself. It's a good way to relax, take your mind off everything. ↗

— Asafa Powell

#cars #distract #everything #good #good way

We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim. ↗

— Jane Powell

#attractive #being #being strong #ditch #idea

Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I'm attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#complicated #i #intellectually #me #nostalgia

Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#communist #contract #escape #expand #government

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#contact #distraction #good #gratifying #i

I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training. ↗

— Joseph Pulitzer

#acquire #already #also #assist #attracting