John Stuart Mill Quotes
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.John Stuart Mill
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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.'
Eddie Marsan -
I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
Sam Walton -
I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
Candice Bergen -
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
Gail Simmons -
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.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
'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.
Gary Ross
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
Carlos Santana Santana -
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.
Quavo Migos -
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.
Katha Pollitt -
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.
Ranbir Kapoor -
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.
Natalie Dormer
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
Gabriel Heatter -
The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
Tea Obreht -
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.
Daisaku Ikeda -
Once the war of words begins, truth is the casualty.
Palaniappan Chidambaram -
I think, though, that people will read into a reporter's story a bias that they want to see in a reporter.
Garrett Graff -
For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
Rajiv Gandhi
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'Cake Boss' does massive, massive things, which are great.
Maisie Williams -
Nobody is born a drug addict or a homosexual. Christians may be performing in these unacceptable ways, but that's not who they are. It's an identity issue.
Tony Evans -
Ignorance can be improved; willful ignorance and inaction is inexcusable.
David Brock -
'Tis strange with how much power and prideThe softness is of love allied;How much of power to force the breastTo be in outward show at rest,-How much of pride that never eyeMay look upon its agony!Ah! little will the lip revealOf all the burning heart can feel.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon -
I think Messi is the best forward in the world. It is very difficult to play against him. But he is not only a forward, he is moving everywhere. He is a very good player.
Nemanja Vidic -
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
John Stuart Mill