David Hume Quotes
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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I saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted to be in.
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I've gotten to learn what's important in life and what's not important, and what to spend energy on and what not to. I don't have a family like some of my teammates, but I have a lot of things pulling at me that I have to put my energy into.
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I was my mother's favorite, and she'd help me with everything.
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When I was growing up, my dad and I would go hunting and camping every weekend. Like everyone in my family, he is an amazing cook, and I've tried to learn a lot from all of them.
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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
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We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.
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Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?
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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
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I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.
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The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
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Yes, 'Aagadu' was a failure. I was dejected for a couple of months, since there was a lot at stake.
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I pass, at length, to the third and perfectly absolute dominion, which we call democracy.
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'Motion', as translated by Eliot Weinberger, in Collected Poems 1957-1987
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Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
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My motto is, 'What's the hurry?' I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.
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I hate to spread rumours: but what else can one do with them?
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The thing I love about Marvel in general is that they deal with people. They deal with the human being first: Who is inside the suit? Who is the person that obtained this power or this ability?
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The Clinton administration has coddled dictators as few have coddled before.
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Vintage was brilliant!
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Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game.
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[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.
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Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.