For all the manufactured ‘Republican versus Democrat’ drama that dominates today’s cable news and political rhetoric, the most striking feature of our present-day democracy is not partisan divide – it’s a corrupt system that protects incumbents from the consequences that real democracy brings. Letitia James Read Quote
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination. Richard Hofstadter Read Quote
In the next shot the cameras zoomed to the fiancee who noticed the lights in the Czarina’s room go out and the camera then turned to the pond where two goldfish were making love. Pola Negri Read Quote
Public transportation is like a magnifying glass that shows you civilization up close. Chris Gethard Read Quote
I have to admit: I have been known to be obsessively neat and like things arranged ‘just so.’ David Alan Basche Read Quote
It’s surreal to think that no one has played as many Test matches for England. I suppose it’s a credit to my longevity. Alastair Cook Read Quote
I think our kids live an extraordinarily different life than what I lived growing up. Pretty much everything about their life is different than mine was. Jay DeMarcus Read Quote
