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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 455fd6d | in which the Soviets did manage to sustain some innovation was through enormous efforts in military and aerospace technology. As a result they managed to put the first dog, Leika, and the first man, Yuri Gagarin, in space. They also left the world the AK-47 as one of their legacies. | Daron Acemoğlu | ||
| 3b39527 | Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable... unimaginable... unspeakable. | Australia | ||
| 6e1a8de | As Australians we have been for generations privileged to live in the country. | Australia | ||
| 8a11a31 | In joyful strains then let us sing, "Advance Australia fair!" | Australia | ||
| 89216f3 | la ou l'on ne peut passer au milieu, il faut passer a cote ou passer dessus ! | Jules Verne | ||
| 1c4383d | selling patents was a good idea only for someone like Edison, who had ideas faster than he could put them to practice. (He had a world-record 1,093 patents issued to him in the United States and 1,500 worldwide.) | Daron Acemoğlu | ||
| 491b7da | after 1688 the state began to rely more on talent and less on political appointees, and developed a powerful infrastructure to run the country. | Daron Acemoğlu | ||
| 7958b2d | Our slogan is Australia Unlimited, and we pronounce it with confidence. | Australia | ||
| a7f4f77 | Fruits of unsustainable extractive growth: Zheng He's ship alongside Columbus's Santa Maria Gregory A. Harlin/National Geographic Stock | Daron Acemoğlu | ||
| 32a85b8 | Si crees que todo el mundo esta bien de la azotea es que no conoces a la gente que te rodea. La clave, y esto es muy relevante en nuestro caso, es encontrar a alguien cuya locura encaje con la tuya. | christopher-moore | Christopher Moore | |
| 96ae85d | Most fundamentally, I would see Anarchism as a synonym for anti-authoritarianism. | Authoritarianism | ||
| 735637f | Noha Hamed, twenty-four, a worker at an advertising agency in Cairo, made her views clear as she demonstrated in Tahrir Square: "We are suffering from corruption, oppression and bad education." | Daron Acemoğlu | ||
| 813b061 | A death that results from your actions is basically killing someone, unless you're a politician, right? | politicians | Christopher Moore | |
| ca595ae | model broke down, | Daron Acemoğlu | ||
| b686e86 | No, inaction. Contemplation. Steadiness. Conservatism. A wall is the defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them. That's why Balthasar had us go this way. He wanted me to see the error in the Tao. One can't be free without action. | Christopher Moore | ||
| a4a635c | it was cruel of her to spend her only time in contact with the outside world telling lies to a little boy, but then, the first story that Mother Basil had told me was about a talking snake who gave tainted fruit to naked people, and the bishop had made her an abbess. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 518c3bf | In my time we had very few words, perhaps a hundred that we used all the time, and thirty of them were synonyms for guilt. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 9febb6a | Look, you mad tart, I have a covenant with God, which is: I don't mention that he has stocked the world full of villains, walleys, and madwomen, and in return he keeps his bloody hands off my willy. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 956c1e2 | Treat a whore like a lady and a lady like a whore and even a great stumbling dolt like yourself shall sail on the slippery seas of passion. | Christopher Moore | ||
| ed540cd | Astonishing, the level of complete bollocks a Venetian will buy for the promise of coin. Greed is a festering chancre on the merchant soul. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 0ebb8fe | I have loved them all, with all my heart, and have learned many of their names. | Christopher Moore | ||
| e65b0cf | To say that Effrom was not a particularly good cook was an understatement akin to saying that genocide is not a particularly effective public relations strategy. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 5723247 | Venice took on the feeling of a city paved with black glass, the odd lantern, torch, or candle reflecting in the canals like distant windows into hell, the crescent moon throwing silver scythes across the water where it could find its way between buildings. | Christopher Moore | ||
| b8485cf | They agreed, tacitly, to admire--but not covet--the red flowers. Mrs. Korjev liked the very redness of them. She had always been angry that the Communists had co-opted that color, for otherwise it would have evoked an unbridled happiness in her. Then again, the Russian soul, conditioned by a thousand years of angst, really wasn't equipped for unbridled happiness, so it was probably for the best. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 30301d6 | He crossed against the light, limping slightly under the weight of the subtext. | Christopher Moore | ||
| a70b927 | My experience weighs on me far more than my years show. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 4df21b3 | But Diablo had been built on a breakneck schedule during the energy scare of the seventies. The welders worked double and | Christopher Moore | ||
| 99b2be1 | Heartbreak is the natural habitat of the Beta Male. | Christopher Moore | ||
| fbe93ac | Not the scream of a startled little girl, mind you, but a manly scream: the scream of a fellow who has caught his enormous dong in a revolving door while charging in to save a baby that was on fire or something. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 71e45fa | accepting death folds the soul, tempers and layers it like a Damascus blade. When I'd thrown myself into the canal in grief, only to be pulled out by the Moor, I'd become colder, more durable. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 03f78e1 | Is "ho" always feminine, and "muthafucka" always masculine, while "bitch" can be either? How" | Christopher Moore | ||
| 6031894 | She looked at him--those wide blue eyes--with sort of an odd, glazed look. Not with the adoration or wonder that you might expect, more like she'd been drinking and would be leaving as soon as she found her car keys. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 34fa2e1 | Babd. She | Christopher Moore | ||
| 98f1094 | A question asked in earnest, deserves an earnest answer. | teaching | Christopher Moore | |
| 47b9bca | Macha. | Christopher Moore | ||
| eb3f37f | Nemain | Christopher Moore | ||
| a5c5b18 | Creatures of the night were rising from their resting places and venturing forth to feed on their unsuspecting victims. | Christopher Moore | ||
| ac85d13 | what do you bring to this enterprise to justify a third of the profits?" "Will," said Iago." | Christopher Moore | ||
| 521e241 | You don't have to tell him anything, Asher,' Lily said, obviously renewing her loyalty in spite of his douche wafflosity. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 8fccd2e | the landings below the bridge were perfect alcoves for conspiracy. | Christopher Moore | ||
| bb8fc4f | Non stava cercando la perfezione, solo qualcuno che lo facesse sentire abbastanza sicuro da mostrarsi insicuro accanto a lei. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 35ec266 | eres como si Insoportable e Irritante hubieran tenido un hijo por el culo! | Christopher Moore | ||
| dc87818 | The key to retaining their respect was to find out what they wanted to do, then tell them to do it. | Christopher Moore | ||
| eaeb5d7 | One suit for the White Devil!" in Mandarin," | Christopher Moore |