John Stuart Mill Quotes
But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal Impulses and preferences.
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And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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There isn't quite a feeling you get from playing video games that you get when you're playing sports, which is like a sense of euphoria. You just get the satisfaction of doing something active and feeling good after.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
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Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.
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Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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When parents tell their children not to congregate on corners, especially in groups, out of fear for them encountering the police, what does that say? We have a trust problem.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.
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There is only so much you can do if you're pulling weight and there's nobody there to play off of. You can't have those beautiful moments with new actors who are so worried about everything else but the moment.
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I don't have any guilt. Because I grew up Catholic and with so much guilt, I've worked hard at getting rid of it.
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I think the really significant part of it for us, for the western world, is we have a lot to gain from the Tibetans - there are certain lessons that are within Tibetan culture. I mean understandings of compassion and of nonviolence that are things that we really lack in our society.
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Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.
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The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about it, journalism is one of the pillars on which our society is perched.
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But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal Impulses and preferences.
