- Crammed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rise Quotes
What lifts us, and what won't stay down.
A quieter image opens this page - rising at dawn to pick berries instead of arguing a point - paired with a grander claim about art's role in lifting up mankind. Related pages include Great.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
The age of the rock star ended with the passing of physical product, the rise of automated percussion, the domination of the committee approach to hit-making, the widespread adoption of choreography, and, above all, the advent of the mystique-destroying Internet.
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you were on the surface of Venus, assuming you could see the Sun, which, you know, would be hard because it's so cloudy there, but the Sun would actually rise in the west and set in the east. And, it would do so very, very slowly, because the planet rotates incredibly slowly.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rise of digital technologies has eroded boundaries: Anyone can participate, start a business, and reach a global audience.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, I agree with Trump on many of his criticisms of the mainstream media. You can absolutely argue that their failure to report honestly, to get outraged before we could, and to collude with the Clinton campaign directly led to the rise of Trump.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some have said that 'Frankenstein' is a story of a bad parenting giving rise to a troubled child.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given that the biggest rise in childhood obesity rates are occurring in children ages 3 to 5 years, we must modify our efforts to place an emphasis on prevention versus intervention.
- Dawn
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- Nov 07, 2020
I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.
- Burn
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any Westerner can now buy a Koran for a dollar and burn it, while any Muslim with a platform can transform that act into a fighting offense. As passions rise on both sides of the divide, Western provocateurs and Islamist hotheads have found each other, as confrontations occur with increasing frequency.
- Delegates
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- Nov 07, 2020
I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
- Nov 07, 2020
You know what's been interesting about my career? It's been this slow rise with long plateaus.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020