Adam Ferguson Quotes
Mankind have always wandered or settled, agreed or quarrelled, in troops and companies.
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I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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You have to turn the noise off a little bit. Fortunately, I'm not really on social media. I've been able to live in a bit of a black hole.
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If something's not right, I don't believe in maintaining something for the sake of what's considered a traditional family, because I believe that there are different ways to raise children. It's far more effective to raise children in happy homes.
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I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
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I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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So I'll write it, and then I'll find out that I actually wrote something that is utterly useless. You can't use it in the story and it doesn't fit. So I just throw it away. I've done that countless times.
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The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply saying the first thing that comes to mind from being learnt by rote by frequent repetition - cannot be called prayer: God grant that no Christian may address Him in this manner.
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Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.
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A 007 James Bond image is very dangerous for a central banker to have.
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Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.
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I'm over this thing of being champion, having the title.
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Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.
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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
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If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to 'Firefly', make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.
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We should never have a doubt about Taiwan's independent status. Taiwan has been an independent and sovereign country since 23 March 1996, the day of its first direct presidential election.
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We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.
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What greater gift than the love of a cat.
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Mankind have always wandered or settled, agreed or quarrelled, in troops and companies.
