Frederic Bastiat Quotes
Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.
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Unfortunately, the more chaotic the society, the greater is the desire for conservative, nonconfrontational art.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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I normally hit the gym five times a week. I tend to do half an hour of cardio - on the treadmill or a spin class - then head for the weights. I do a lot of core work, obviously!
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I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.
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When I feel like work and life are both going well, I feel like I can be fully present at both. I think the reminder to me is that both are super important, and I need to be able to feel like I can experience both in the way that makes me happiest. If I'm not happy in one or the other, it really affects the other side.
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I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me.
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If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
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I'm not a trained singer at all. I've auditioned on occasion for proper musical theatre-type stuff, but I can't read music, and I wasn't particularly good at it.
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Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
