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It is my job to make sure that these kids who are...

It is my job to make sure that these kids who are talented get every chance they can and not to be passed over; this is life or death for them.

Quote by Paula Abdul about chance, death, life

Evolution made civilization steward of this planet. A hundred thousand years later, the steward stood before evolution not helper but destroyer, not healer but parasite. So evolution withdrew its gift, passed civilization by, rescued the planet...

Quote by Richard Bach about evolution, civilization, intelligence, gifts, love

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about nation, people

Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ''that these United Colonies are, and of right...

Quote by John Adams about question, rightness, man

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the...

Quote by Fredrik Bajer

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Quote by Joseph Addison about weakness, people, age, olderness, world, man

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon...

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

Quote by Aesop about courage, force, police

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And...

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about sleep, death, man, things, life

As I was walking I passed a person with his head back and...

As I was walking I passed a person with his head back and a handkerchief pressed against his nose, trying to staunch the blood. He had a nosebleed.

Quote by Michael Chabon about blood, heads, people

I have a Web site that parents and girls can use to learn about Title IX and take action if they find their school is not in compliance. Thirty years after Title IX passed, 80 percent of schools are not in compliance.

Quote by Geena Davis about parents, action, school, use

Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in...

Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about privacy, life

He wrote, You are a very good director, son, and I love you very much. Your dad. He had never used those words with me before. I passed that letter around the company. For without the company, the letter would never have been written.

Quote by Peter Fonda about companies, good, good luck, love

A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final...

A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, failure

A failure in a device will never appear until it has...

A failure in a device will never appear until it has passed final inspection.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, failure

Antivirus systems only effectively work on a virus after...

Antivirus systems only effectively work on a virus after given virus has passed its prime.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, work

No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.

No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war

No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat.

No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war

No street-wise unit ever passed inspection.

No street-wise unit ever passed inspection.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police

The Puritan has passed, the Catholic remains.

The Puritan has passed, the Catholic remains.

Quote by William H. O'Connell about religion

Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains, we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more, and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along.

Quote by Francis Parkman

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