David Hume Quotes
Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
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I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn't enough money to take care of the most basic of needs.
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No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
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When you look at my father's works, he systematically dated everything. He also wanted to document what he knew would be the work of the century.
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My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.
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You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can't hand over. But I'm trying to do that more.
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Percival was mouse-coloured and had not been very attractive even to his mother.
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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.
