John Stuart Mill Quotes
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
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I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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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.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in labor.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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I guess something that I've noticed from American acts who had success in touring is more of an explanation as to their music. Which is I think quite funny. I think British acts might like to leave more to the imagination - maybe a bit more obscure perhaps - a bit more shy.
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The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes.
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We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.
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Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood.
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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
