Christopher Dawson Quotes
This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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A good leader must be fair.
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The challenge with 'Watchmen' is making sure that the ideas that were in the book got into the movie. That was my biggest stretch. I wanted people to watch the movie and get it. It's one of those things where, over time, it has happened more.
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If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
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I can't even imagine life without music!
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The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There was never, 'Uhhh, what else are you interested in?' They were just, 'Great. Done. Go for it.'
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When you go to our political system, I feel like it's intentionally kept in the last century. In every other facet of life, we turn to social media for instant response time, complete transparency.
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I'm a real woman with a real heart and I have to live with a beautiful body and a pretty face which is not nearly as easy as it sounds.
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This country does not punish its political enemies. What this country ensures is that no one is above the law.
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Readers have always read high and low, and to fight that urge is to fight the freedom inherent in the act of reading itself. The only arguments that have any traction, as best as I can see it, are about whether the genre classification of 'young adult' should exist at all.
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This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.
