John Stuart Mill Quotes
Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
Quotes to Explore
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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My son Darrel could recite 'Straight Outta Compton' at two years old. He loved it! You can expose your kids to anything as long as you sit there and explain it to them.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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Habits change into character.
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.
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The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.
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As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
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I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous crushes, although I've never been into the Brad Pitt thing.
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With great power comes great responsibility. These are platforms with hundreds of millions of people.
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Roc Nation has an army. I'm happy because this is what I needed. I have the music, but they have the muscle.
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I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. They lose their sense of humor. They become nervous, psychotic bores. They even become killers.
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Domesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily happiness. But I think self-satisfaction is maybe the enemy. It's kind of better to think, "Tomorrow night I'm gonna sing it better." There is this forward effort. It feels to me right, it feels human.
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Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
