Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
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Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
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The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
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We must confront our own racism. Discriminatory housing and employment policies are nothing more than institutionalised racism.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous.
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Nothing happens in any legislative body that's not purposeful.
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There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.
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In today's Britain, the weakest among us are often assumed to be minority communities. In fact, the weakest are those minorities-within-minorities for whom the legal right to exit from their communities' constraints amounts to nothing before the enforcement of cultural and religious shaming.
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Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.
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If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.
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It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.
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I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.
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I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage.
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You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it's really the same thing.
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Chopper Read attended a writing school I gave for inmates at Risdon Prison in Hobart many years ago. Even if I hadn't known about his hacked-off ears and his criminal history, I'd have found him powerful and compelling.
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Nothing is more securely lodged than the ignorance of the experts.
