James Mill Quotes
No good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently instructed, to be aware of that excellence. Every other pretended support, must ultimately tend to its subversion, by lessening its dependence upon these.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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I find comedy to be really scary, because it can go so wrong so easily, and the margin for error is so huge - and I guess that's what makes it funny, that tension.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.
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What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.
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Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
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My most treasured item is the brown leather bag that my mum bought me from a little Italian shop for my 21st. It's supposed to be a vanity bag, but I use it as a handbag.
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Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it.
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The media doesn't always reflect reality.
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I really try to play to my strengths, man. I'm never going to be Guthrie Govan: he's a brilliant player.
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Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.
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I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
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We want to see a revised standard that narrows that opening and makes it more difficult for kids to get their fingers caught.
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No good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently instructed, to be aware of that excellence. Every other pretended support, must ultimately tend to its subversion, by lessening its dependence upon these.
