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A totalitarian power is mainly busy in keeping itself alive. Svetlana Alexievich
Power Busy Alive Totalitarian Mainly Itself Keeping
Abraham Lincoln is singular. Abraham Lincoln, before he was killed, stood up and, you know, for the first time from any sitting president, stood for the right for suffrage for African-American men who had served in the Civil War. And that's a limited suffrage, but it was quite radical at the time. Ta-Nehisi Coates
War Time You Men First Before Radical President Civil Civil War Abraham Abraham Lincoln Had He Know First Time Limited Lincoln Singular Up Sitting Any Quite Stood African-American Who Served Right Suffrage
It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see. Ta-Nehisi Coates
You Selfish Fight Victory Will Live Say Kind See Only Going
I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about. Ta-Nehisi Coates
People Tell About Qualified Talk Am Been Very Careful
Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline. Tamron Hall
Seeking More Headline Than Person Survivors Victims Deserve
Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human. Terry Gross
Own Kind Case Examine Study Like Human Artists Use Many Lives
Whatever you may be thinking when you apply for a job today, you can be sure the employer is asking this: Can this person add value every hour, every day - more than a worker in India, a robot or a computer? Can he or she help my company adapt by not only doing the job today but also reinventing the job for tomorrow? Thomas Friedman
Today Day You Every Day Tomorrow Job Value Robot Whatever Every Thinking Add India More Only Computer He He Or She Hour Employer Also She Sure Doing Than Person May Worker Asking Help Company Reinventing Apply Adapt
I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are naturally left behind and brutalized by it. Thomas Friedman
You Capitalism People Safety Believe Nets Only Safety Nets Deal Left Behind Capitalist Naturally Who Works
Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language. Thomas Friedman
Political Language Field Distance Collaboration Several Soon Global Forces Without Geography Regard Forms Produced Multiple Even Technological Playing Playing Field
Brotherhood means laying down your life for somebody, really willing to sacrifice yourself for somebody else. Tim Hetherington
Life Yourself Somebody Sacrifice Down Else Willing Brotherhood Laying Really Means Your
The Supreme Court needs jurists, not politicians. Timothy Noah
Needs Politicians Supreme Supreme Court Court
We lost our way and allowed greed and excess to become the twin pillars of too much of the financial culture. We became a society utterly absorbed in consumption and dismissive of moderation. Tom Brokaw
Culture Financial Too Much Become Lost Greed Society Too Our Way Excess Allowed Absorb Consumption Became Pillars Moderation Much Twin Utterly
I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit. Tom Brokaw
Old College Spirit Part Adventurous Midwest Across
Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?' Tom Brokaw
Work Together People Political Our Everywhere System Folks Main Main Street Go Wall Wall Street Political System Happened Work Together Ask Washington Why Street
Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around. Tom Wolfe
Melt Melting Melting Pot Pot Rattle Around None Miami Stones Which
We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history. Tom Wolfe
Great Me History Wave Religious Seeing Decade American Roll American History Upward Now Third
Nonfiction is never going to die. Tom Wolfe
Never Nonfiction Die Going
I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had a good time using them. Tom Wolfe
Time Good Great Good Time Lying Punctuation Say Must Had Along Pieces Around Came Dormant Them Many Using Found
A cult is a religion with no political power. Tom Wolfe
Religion Political Political Power Power Cult
On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that... Masters of the Universe. Tom Wolfe
Three Become Few Universe Others Hundred Had He Masters How Five Wall Wall Street Precisely Many Street Four
By the time I received my doctorate in American studies in 1957, I was in the twisted grip of a disease of our times in which the sufferer experiences an overwhelming urge to join the 'real world.' So I started working for newspapers. Tom Wolfe
Time World Overwhelming Our Join Studies Doctorate Real Times American Disease Experiences The Real World Real World Which Urge Grip Newspapers Working Twisted Received Started By The Time
Nerds... the 'nerd' has never been precisely defined, thanks to the psychological complexity of the creature. The word has connotations of some level of intelligence. The typical nerd is a male with intelligence but no sense of giving it a manly face. Tom Wolfe
Intelligence Word Face Giving Thanks Sense Manly Typical Defined Complexity Nerd Nerds Some No Sense Never Been Male Precisely Psychological Connotations Creature Level
I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was 'jejune' and I would throw it into every piece because something about it appealed to me. Tom Wolfe
Time Me Words Word Thought Looking Every Would One Time About Something Through Throw Piece Unusual Because Greatest Go Dictionary Used Appealed
To exist in an echo chamber and only talk to people with whom we agree is fruitless. Tomi Lahren
People Echo Only Talk Exist Fruitless Agree Whom Chamber
Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits. Tony Snow
Today Time Benefits Will Baby Baby Boomers Boomers Drawing Security About More Retired Retirees Than Social Social Security Social Security Benefits Million Receiving By The Time
There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity. Tony Wilson
Local Powerful Celebrity Quite Famous Homegrown
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