Samuel Adams Quotes
Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
Quotes to Explore
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I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.
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I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.
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You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us has been tainted with evil. It touches everything. Without the redeeming power of Christ we cannot halt our own moral slide.
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If a woman rising in power is too tough or aggressive, she's attacked for it. If she's attractive, she's accused of having used that to her advantage. And even if a woman is beyond qualified for a role, there will always be those who raise doubts about if she's really qualified.
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I have one favourite song, and that's 'Aayat' from 'Bajirao Mastani.'
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You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.
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Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
