John Stuart Mill Quotes

A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination.

John Stuart Mill

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• I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.

  

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• I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.

  

  Olivia Colman
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• I have such a dancer's spirit that I tend to leap around the house. Once I leaped onto my bed and landed on the floor. But I danced more for myself than I did for other people.

  

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• My parents have been with me every step of the way.

  

  Haley Reinhart
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• Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.

  

  Vaclav Havel
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• I was a home-schooled kid, living in the forest, and I didn't even have cable. I'm serious.

  

  Kat Dennings
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• I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.

  

  Tamara Mellon
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• What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

  

  Lady Gaga
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• It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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• History is a race between education and catastrophe.

  

  H. G. Wells
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• To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

  

  Cardinal Richelieu
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• I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
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• I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.

  

  Sam Phillips
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• The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.

  

  Edmund Hillary
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• The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.

  

  Laura Dern
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• Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.

  

  Bailee Madison
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• The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.

  

  Patrick Stewart
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• I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.

  

  Van Morrison
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• If there is equality, it is in His love, not in us.

  

  C. S. Lewis
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• One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the constitution; the virtue of the citizen must therefore be relative to the constitution of which he is a member.

  

  Aristotle
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• That's what I used to enjoy so much: Bringing a record home, having it arrive in the mailbox. Having the whole experience of hearing it as you're holding it and looking at it and reading the liner notes, if they're anything.

  

  John Darnielle
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• A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination.

  

  John Stuart Mill
  • Desire
  • Government
  • Ambition