John Stuart Mill Quotes
As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.
Quotes to Explore
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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I guess I'm curious about how people process grief and how they process loss. And I'm also interested in the ways in which an event can have long-reaching consequences and a life over the course of years.
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Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.
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Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.
Nastassja Kinski -
I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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Ladies and babies, and mortgages, for that matter, can all wait. Acting has done a strange thing to me, though. I often sit there, thinking, 'I love this, but I wouldn't put my daughter on the stage.'
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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Seventy per cent of all patients who come to physicians could cure themselves if they got rid of their fears and worries.
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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I'm irrational about all things creative, and I'm always late!
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Certain songs by hearing the rhythm, it tells you that is either a love song or you might be heartbroken or the songs give you the vibes and you just know that certain songs are militant that you have to write.
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If the game of life ended tonight, would you be a winner?
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As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.
