Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?

One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union... view

By: Mortimer Adler

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You know, when it was done originally, they always had to fight to keep it going at the end of each season. Now, The Odd Couple has become part of our language and culture... view

By: Brett Somers

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Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs... view

By: Rudolf Arnheim

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I really feel like the first day I went to drama school and I went up on stage, that I found my vocation. It's kind of a cliched thing to say but I really feel like it was what I was meant to do... view

By: Diane Kruger

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My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didn't think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out the window for days. Can you imagine that?.. view

By: Andy Kaufman

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Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning... view

By: Gerry Cooney

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Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers... view

By: Jimmy Breslin

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All I know is that skating is getting better, the guys are getting better throughout the whole age range... view

By: Elvis Stojko

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Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them... view

By: Amelia Barr

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There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997... view

By: Estelle Morris

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The most important thing for the IETF to do is to continue to organise and manage itself to develop the highest quality technical work and to do so in an efficient and open way that is inviting to new people... view

By: Steve Crocker

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