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The sense of crisis is everything for Trump - even if it's largely invented. His depiction of darkness justifies his candidacy, the need to violently shake the system. His ability to conjure fear is what distinguished him from all those career pols he has vanquished. And it suits his ego.
Franklin Foer
Ego
Suits
Darkness
Fear
Sense
Everything
Those
Distinguished
Crisis
System
Ability
Vanquished
Shake
Invented
He
Him
His
Trump
Candidacy
Depiction
Justifies
Conjure
Even
Largely
Career
Violently
Need
Insider trading by hedge funds has a long and distinguished history, dating to the days when people didn't know that there was such a thing as a hedge fund.
Gary Weiss
History
People
Long
Distinguished
Insider
Dating
Days
Know
Trading
Hedge
Such A Thing
Fund
Thing
Funds
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Man
Distinguished
Most
Vulgar
Always
Very
Desire
If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.
Gouverneur Morris
Character
Man
People
Speak
Will
Reputation
Distinguished
Some
Never
He
Fail
Continental
Prefer
Might
Elect
Should
Services
These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals.
Herbert Read
Army
Single
Society
Otherwise
Distinguished
He
Individuals
Merely
Like
Within
According
Orchestra
Common
Common Interests
Whether
Interests
Separate
Body
Groups
Function
United
Defend
Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.
Ian Hacking
Science
Writing
Enthusiasm
Distinguished
About
Flair
I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.
J. B. Pritzker
Leader
Distinguished
Glenn
Like
Proud
Am
Endorsement
Before venturing on so large an undertaking as is involved in the task I had set myself I consulted a number of distinguished scholars as to the desirability of such a series.
James Loeb
Myself
Before
Distinguished
Had
Scholars
Involved
Venturing
Undertaking
Task
Large
Series
Desirability
Number
Set
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.
John Cleese
Country
Press
Distinguished
Embodied
More
Envious
Like
Fairly
Than
Being
Anyone
Little
England
He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form.
John Crowe Ransom
Result
Will
Style
Fall
Sense
Distinguished
Objective
Develop
He
Prose
Sure
Modern
Any
May
Form
Which
Manner
Event
The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation.
John George Nicolay
History
Together
Genius
Men
First
Nation
Young
Group
Meetings
Distinguished
Brought
Given
Splendid
Fame
Legislature
The History Of
Young Men
Then
Illinois
Whose
Services
Phenomenal
Careers
For three hundred years we have had our focus on the individual. We have distinguished him from the objective world as the Middle Ages did not think of doing. We have given him the world and the universe as a playground for exploration and discovery.
John Grierson
World
Focus
Three
Think
Universe
Our
Hundred
Hundred Years
Distinguished
Objective
Given
Individual
Had
Him
Doing
Years
Discovery
Did
Middle
Middle Ages
Ages
Exploration
Playground
The doctrine of preemption has a long and distinguished history in the history of American foreign policy.
John Lewis Gaddis
History
Long
Distinguished
Doctrine
Policy
Foreign
Foreign Policy
American
The History Of
American Foreign Policy
Preemption
In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time.
John Sergeant Wise
Time
Honor
First
Year
President
Our
Distinguished
Visit
Visiting
Through
Had
Annual
Return
First Time
Passing
Washington
Philadelphia
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.
Joseph Addison
Man
Heart
Laughter
Believe
Other
Our
Distinguished
Mirth
Faculty
He
May
Capable
Naturally
Creatures
It is as if Clinton had called one of the most respected character witnesses in all of U.S. history to testify that the primal urge has a most distinguished presidential pedigree.
Joseph J. Ellis
Character
History
Pedigree
Presidential
Respected
Distinguished
Had
Primal
Most
Witnesses
Testify
Clinton
Urge
When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.
Julia Cameron
Home
Book
Old
Down
Enough
Distinguished
Memoir
Write
Said
Material
Came
Hands
Just
Old Enough
Sat
Flooding
Suggested
As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.
Louis Bacon
Work
Environmental
Great
Great Deal
Important
Nation
National
Society
Our
Those
Distinguished
Open
Most
Protect
Deal
Owe
America
Land
Organizations
Who
The man is distinguished from the youth by the fact that he takes the world as it is, instead of everywhere fancying it amiss and wanting to improve it, i.e. model it after his ideal; in him the view that one must deal with the world according to his interest, not according to his ideals, becomes confirmed.
Max Stirner
Man
Youth
World
Everywhere
Distinguished
Must
Fact
He
Takes
Instead
Ideal
Ideals
Him
Deal
Becomes
His
According
Model
Improve
Wanting
After
Confirmed
Interest
View
I am humbled and deeply honored to have been asked to serve the congregants of Shearith Israel, a congregation with an incomparable history, where some of America's most distinguished rabbis have pastored and preached.
Meir Soloveichik
History
Honored
Distinguished
Some
Most
Am
Israel
Been
Preached
America
Where
Asked
Congregation
Serve
Incomparable
Deeply
Humbled
I was told that the fact that I had nothing but good things to say about Judith Regan distinguished me. I enjoyed writing for Judith. I really enjoyed working with Victoria Wilson at Knopf, and Simon & Schuster, they've all been great experiences.
Mick Foley
Good
Great
Me
Good Things
Writing
Nothing
Say
Distinguished
Wilson
About
Simon
Fact
Had
Been
Experiences
Victoria
Really
Working
Enjoyed
Things
The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need the money? Probably not. The honor is more important the money, and that's the case with the prize for African leadership as well.
Mo Ibrahim
Leadership
Money
Worth
Win
Honor
Important
Distinguished
Case
More
Nobel
Nobel Prize
Well
Scientists
Issue
Prize
African
Who
Million
Need
I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.'s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian's hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion.
Naomi Wolf
News
Events
Guardian
Focus
Address
Distinguished
Delighted
Joining
Weekly
Investigative
Columnist
New
Global
Opinion
Am
Brand
American
Current
Current Events
Team
Platform
Brings
Chance
I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president.
Pat Robertson
Think
Virginia
President
Tremendous
Distinguished
Significant
Would
Some
Guy
Allen
He
Head
Attractive
Make
George
Campaign
Governor
Won
Very
Senator
Committee
Victories
Imagination tends to be truly useful if accompanied by the power of mental control - if the worlds in one's head can be purposefully manipulated and distinguished from the real one outside it.
Paul Bloom
Power
Control
Imagination
Worlds
Distinguished
Mental
Tends
Outside
Head
Real
Accompanied
Truly
Manipulated
Useful
What distinguished the First World War from all wars before it was the massive power of the antagonists.
Paul Keating
War
World
Power
First
Before
Distinguished
Massive
First World
First World War
Wars
World War
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