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"We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them."

"We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them."

Dora Russell, English Celebrity

30

"Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system."

"Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system."

Dora Russell, English Celebrity

People, Action, Democracy, Spring

30

"That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied."

"That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied."

Ernie Harwell, American Celebrity

Old, Parents, Saying, Tongue

30

"Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic."

"Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic."

Tabitha Soren, American Celebrity

30

"If I was 30th in points and not making races and not being competitive in races, I could understand them saying I'm over-the-hill or I'm ready to quit or whatever."

"If I was 30th in points and not making races and not being competitive in races, I could understand them saying I'm over-the-hill or I'm ready to quit or whatever."

Dale Earnhardt, American Celebrity

30

"It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball."

"It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball."

Jack Buck, American Celebrity

Politics, Baseball, Class, Play

30

"At the end of 1964, wholesale prices had been relatively stable for some years."

"At the end of 1964, wholesale prices had been relatively stable for some years."

Leonard Woodcock, American Celebrity

30

"In America everyone's fast."

"In America everyone's fast."

Scott Dixon, New Zealander Celebrity

30

"It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print."

"It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print."

Louise Brown, English Celebrity

Belief, Dancing, Girls

30

"I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty."

"I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

Family, Publishing, Right, Schools

30

"As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment."

"As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment."

Peter Wright, British Celebrity

Thought, Idea, Artist, Being

30

"Where is the expectation of privacy in the commission of a crime?"

"Where is the expectation of privacy in the commission of a crime?"

Linda Tripp, American Celebrity

Crime, Expectation, Privacy

30

"Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people."

"Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people."

Nigel Short, British Celebrity

30

"I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment."

"I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment."

Maria Monk, Canadian Celebrity

Power, Thoughts

30

"The Supreme Court of the United States is hereby commanded to try Andrew Johnson for usurpation of our Imperial authority and prerogatives, and if found guilty, behead him or send him here to black the Emperor's boots."

"The Supreme Court of the United States is hereby commanded to try Andrew Johnson for usurpation of our Imperial authority and prerogatives, and if found guilty, behead him or send him here to black the Emperor's boots."

Joshua A. Norton, American Celebrity

Authority, Court, states, United

30

"Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road."

"Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Actor, Actors, Road

30

"My favorite wines are Zinfandels."

"My favorite wines are Zinfandels."

Thomas Keller, American Celebrity

30

"We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right."

"We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right."

Daniel Ellsberg, American Celebrity

30

"I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand."

"I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

30

"A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich."

"A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich."

Ward McAllister, American Celebrity

30

"We take people to the threshold of religion. Our aim is to induce immediate experience that is beyond the odd, beyond the strange, and beyond the weird. It verges on the wholly other."

"We take people to the threshold of religion. Our aim is to induce immediate experience that is beyond the odd, beyond the strange, and beyond the weird. It verges on the wholly other."

Larry Harvey, American Celebrity

Experience, Religion, People

30

"Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids."

"Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids."

Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

Life, Possibility, Newspapers, Parents

30

"Chess is not only knowledge and logic."

"Chess is not only knowledge and logic."

Alexander Alekhine, Russian Celebrity

Knowledge, Chess, Logic

30

"I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage."

"I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage."

Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

Marriage, President

30

"I'm a sexually liberated woman that earned that liberation. I am very proud of the fact that I feel comfortable in certain forums discussing sex."

"I'm a sexually liberated woman that earned that liberation. I am very proud of the fact that I feel comfortable in certain forums discussing sex."

Gennifer Flowers, American Celebrity

Sex, Fact, Woman

30

"Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift."

"Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift."

Anton Seidl, Hungarian Celebrity

Art, Men, America, Practice

30

"The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever."

"The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever."

George Leigh Mallory, British Celebrity

First, Gain, Question, Will

30

"We trust something in a grocery store and assume it's good. We don't learn about the most precious thing in life-the food we put in our body. Educate yourself!"

"We trust something in a grocery store and assume it's good. We don't learn about the most precious thing in life-the food we put in our body. Educate yourself!"

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

Food, Trust, Life, Body

30

"I also spend a lot of time on political blogs, and music blogs getting things for my radio show."

"I also spend a lot of time on political blogs, and music blogs getting things for my radio show."

Mark Edwards, American Celebrity

30

"Get in the race car do what I do then go home. We don't have freedom to do anything anymore."

"Get in the race car do what I do then go home. We don't have freedom to do anything anymore."

Tony Stewart, American Celebrity

Car, Home, Freedom, Race

30

"If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today."

"If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

Church, America, Duty, Law

30

"No, no, no. Dick Cheney forbade me to waste time on his image. I would have liked to have done more."

"No, no, no. Dick Cheney forbade me to waste time on his image. I would have liked to have done more."

Mary Matalin, American Celebrity

30

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams."

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams."

Ashley Smith, American Celebrity

Dream, Dreams, Life, Beauty, Faces

30

"Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons."

"Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons."

Lillian Gordy Carter, American Celebrity

Age, Middle age, Romantic

30

"I hate last-minute shopping, it's always unsuccessful."

"I hate last-minute shopping, it's always unsuccessful."

Cat Deeley, English Celebrity

30

"Time really has gone by fast. I don't know if your path is pre-written or what, but it's crazy how one thing just leads to another."

"Time really has gone by fast. I don't know if your path is pre-written or what, but it's crazy how one thing just leads to another."

Torrie Wilson, American Celebrity

30

"At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers."

"At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

Church, Beginning, End

30

"If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated."

"If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated."

Caryl Chessman, American Celebrity

Day, Public, Punishment, Will

30

"The women all want to dance. I dance all night every night."

"The women all want to dance. I dance all night every night."

Minnesota Fats, American Celebrity

Woman, Women, Dance, Night, Want

30

"There's something I've been wanting to say for a long time. I'm a liberal, and I'm proud of it. In fact, I was probably a little more liberal than Hubert was. I just wanted to say that."

"There's something I've been wanting to say for a long time. I'm a liberal, and I'm proud of it. In fact, I was probably a little more liberal than Hubert was. I just wanted to say that."

Muriel Humphrey, American Celebrity

Time, Fact, Liberal

30

"I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school."

"I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school."

Kyan Douglas, American Celebrity

30

"I was put in a position with a man that, whenever he would call me at work or at home, work-related, he would say jump and I'd say how high and I would jump."

"I was put in a position with a man that, whenever he would call me at work or at home, work-related, he would say jump and I'd say how high and I would jump."

Andrea Mackris, American Celebrity

Work, Home, Man

30

"When they first grabbed us, yeah, it terrified, but they calmed me down."

"When they first grabbed us, yeah, it terrified, but they calmed me down."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

30

"I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration."

"I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

30

"I don't think a powerful man would be interesting unless he'd be nice, attractive, with or without the power. Men are interested in powerful men. Women are interested in terrific men!"

"I don't think a powerful man would be interesting unless he'd be nice, attractive, with or without the power. Men are interested in powerful men. Women are interested in terrific men!"

Dorothy Stratten, Canadian Celebrity

Men, Women, Power, Man

29

"Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything."

"Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything."

Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

29

"I am worth some study, if for no one else but myself. I hope that you feel likewise... even if only about yourself."

"I am worth some study, if for no one else but myself. I hope that you feel likewise... even if only about yourself."

David J. Cook, American Celebrity

Hope, Study, Worth

29

"Looks are temporary and don't mirror what's inside. And usually, a great looking man is so vain. Maybe most good-looking women are too. I hope I'm not!"

"Looks are temporary and don't mirror what's inside. And usually, a great looking man is so vain. Maybe most good-looking women are too. I hope I'm not!"

Dorothy Stratten, Canadian Celebrity

Woman, Women, Hope, Man

29

"You could always go on changing things but there comes a time when you have to decide to stop."

"You could always go on changing things but there comes a time when you have to decide to stop."

Peter Wright, British Celebrity

29

"This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information."

"This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information."

John Scarlett, British Celebrity

Information, Military

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