“All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in getting the two biggest challenges of his time right: defeating the Soviet Union and reviving the American economy and spirit. Neither of those achievements was inevitable. Both were fiercely opposed at the time. But he persisted; his visionary focus matched only by a gentleness of character and a brilliance of rhetoric.” HumansTwoWarCharacterSpiritChallengesHuman BeingsEconomyFocusColdSucceedAchievementUnionsExtraordinaryInevitableSovietRhetoricCold WarSoviet UnionGentlenessBrillianceVisionariesMatchedAmerican EconomyExtraordinary Achievement Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Could there possibly have been an incumbent more easy to knock-off than George W. Bush? A real-life opposition party would have been insulted to be matched with a such an unworthy and frail rival. The Democrats, by contrast, got their lights punched out.” Has BeensRealLightPoliticsEasyPartyDemocratReal LifeOppositionContrastRivalsUnworthyFrailInsultedMatchedIncumbentsOpposition Parties Author:Marc Cooper
“Hollywood's schizophrenia over guns is matched only by their attitude toward taxes. Ever wonder why they film in Vancouver so often? It ain't for the beaches, I can tell you.” I CanFilmPoliticsAttitudeWonderTaxesGunHollywoodBeachSchizophreniaMatchedVancouver Book:Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You Source: Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You
“The anything-goes passiveness of the religious and political Left is matched by the preachy moralism of the religious and political Right. The person who uncritically embraces any party line is guilty of an idolatrous surrender of her core identity as Abba's Child. Neither liberal fairy dust nor conservative hardball addresses our ragged human dignity.” HumansChildrenPersonsPoliticalLeftReligiousLinesPartyIdentityDignityEmbraceConservativeCoreSurrenderGuiltyDustFairyAddressesHuman DignityMatchedRaggedAnything GoesAbbaMoralismFairy DustPassiveness Author:Brennan Manning
“If the history of resistance to Darwinian thinking is a good measure, we can expect that long into the future, long after every triumph of human thought has been matched or surpassed by 'mere machines,' there will still be thinkers who insist that the human mind works in mysterious ways that no science can comprehend.” IfsThinkingWayMindHumansLongHas BeensStillsMachinesMereResistanceMysteriousTriumphHuman MindThinkerMatchedHuman ThoughtMysterious Ways Author:Daniel Dennett
“We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with it... The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power.” BelieveLittlesFactsNamesForceActingSourceBalanceMatchedActing Out Book:We cannot live without our lives Source: We cannot live without our lives
“But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take it from there. Professor Flitwick in 'Harry Potter', I kind of defined how I saw him from reading the book, and luckily that matched up with the director's vision.” KindI CanBookCharacterReadingCan DoVisionSawsShapesDirectorsDefinedProfessorsApprovalHarry PotterPottersMatched Author:Warwick Davis
“I went through this phase where I thought pink and purple matched. To dance class, I'd wear purple tights and pink leg warmers and paint my shoes purple. It was really odd.” ClassPaintShoesLegsOddPhasesPurpleMatchedDance ClassTights Author:Carrie Ann Inaba
“The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year.” YearsFirstsPoliticalModernRepublicanFirst TimeMarkElectionDemocraticPresidentialVotersMatchedPresidential ElectionPolitical HistoryElection YearsVoter Turnout Author:Jeff Miller