John Stuart Mill Quotes
How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of a great mind is agreeing in the opinions of small minds?
Quotes to Explore
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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I don't know that there is a, quote, 'hip-hop lifestyle.' I think the music responds to complex social issues and injustices; I think it also raises complex social questions.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.
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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
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I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do.
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Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
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Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarreling?
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The head of NASA ought to be a space professional, not a politician.
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I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale.
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I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.
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How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of a great mind is agreeing in the opinions of small minds?
