John McLaughlin Quotes
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I enjoy shopping and going on holiday.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.
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You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
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It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits.
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Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.
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I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.
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The original settlers in Iceland were the nobles of Norway who left their native land to avoid the tyranny of Harold Fairhair, who tried to crush their power so as to make himself a despotic king in the land.
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My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?
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He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his understanding, which is a further and the highest degree of obedience.
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I'm from a family of teachers. My father would drown me in the bathtub if my daughter didn't graduate from college. I don't care who she is or what she does. Just get the diploma.
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Having fun is a dismal business after you pass fifty.
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The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate this monster homosexuality whose shape and size were not yet known or even guessed at. It was thought to be Greek in origin, smaller than socialism but more deadly, especially to children.
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The first principle of the market economy is that it is comprised of many small buyers and sellers, which implies a substantial degree of equity. Another fundamental market principle is that costs are internalized in the producer's price.
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We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting
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If I owned a network, I would never let a guy just put people on without telling me who they are.
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Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.
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It's terrible when I go somewhere, and I'm not recognized.
