John Stuart Mill Quotes
The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that it interferes wrongly, and in the wrong place.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.
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I'm not into replicating old movies. But one should never say never. Tomorrow I may feel like making a part 2 of some of my movies.
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You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.
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Habla con su propia palabra sólo la herida.
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I always want to think of myself as an underdog.
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A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.
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Total intimacy is a myth; that said, a particular kind of loneliness can be both beautiful and fruitful.
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Pursuing a creative field is giving a piece of your heart over and over, and it's not generally appreciated - nor should it be. It makes you who you are.
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It's easier to make negative attacks and simplistic slogans in social media than it is to communicate complex policies.
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We literally just finished making this gown 20 minutes ago. I love it. It's my favorite color.
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I like little collaborations where the other thing happens, where it's half-baked or it's improvised, and let's develop it together. "What do you want to wear? Do you have an idea?" All that's fun to do, and I like that, but it doesn't take anything away.
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My parents are apolitical - no bumper stickers, no yard signs. They don't talk about politics.
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If you’re famous, I don’t — for the life of me — I don’t understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter. Why on God’s green earth would you be on Twitter? Because first of all, the worst thing you can do is make yourself more available, right?
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Even if you must have regard to wealth, in order to secure leisure, yet it is surely a bad thing that the greatest offices, such as those of kings and generals, should be bought. The law which allows this abuse makes wealth of more account than virtue, and the whole state becomes avaricious.
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Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
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And some win peace who spend The skill of words to sweeten despair Of finding consolation where Life has but one dark end.
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The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that it interferes wrongly, and in the wrong place.
