John Locke Quotes

As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to...

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• If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Brother
  • Year
  • Filmmaker

• Broadway is really my life.

  

  Vanessa Williams
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Broadway

• When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!

  

  Ian Beattie
  • Friends
  • Father
  • Dream

• Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • Food
  • Pet
  • Cats

• I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.

  

  Candice Bergen
  • Believe
  • Me
  • Tell

• The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

  

  Victor Borge
  • Difference
  • VIolin
  • Viola

• The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Good
  • Home
  • Kids

• Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Government
  • Envy
  • Bond

• I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.

  

  Dan Rather
  • Work
  • Live
  • Dream

• There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Myself
  • Learn
  • Criticism

• I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.

  

  Dan Hawkins
  • Music
  • Myself
  • Guitar

• One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • Up
  • Work
  • Know

• A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Women
  • She
  • Amazing

• The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Life
  • Moments
  • Acting

• I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • Young
  • Very
  • Gravity

• Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

  

  Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Love
  • Beautiful
  • Me

• Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.

  

  Iman
  • Soul
  • Stop
  • Myself

• I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • God
  • Job
  • Movie

• What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.'

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • People
  • Country
  • Hair

• We would like to see, in the future, what we will probably call needs-based licensing of all weapons. ...Where it would make it much more difficult for anybody to be able to purchase handguns.

  

  Sarah Brady
  • Difficult
  • Gun
  • Able

• We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.

  

  Madeleine L'Engle
  • Love
  • Result
  • Judged

• Cook what's fresh for the day. When you're using fresh fruits, vegetables, and foods, it's easier to keep the weight off. And I eat whatever I want - just not a ton of it.

  

  Debi Mazar

• Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

  

  Aristotle
  • Power
  • Desire
  • Purpose

• As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to...

  

  John Locke Nazareth
  • Power
  • Exercise