John Stuart Mill Quotes
Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like if we're not running, we're basically disrespecting our bodies. When you're running, you're really using your body for what it's meant to do.
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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.
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I think the best thing I can say about it - and I think the best thing you can say about anything, really - is that 'The Motorcycle Diaries' made me feel like my home was bigger; it made me feel at home anywhere in Latin America.
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
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I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind of Town.' All I wanted to do was write a song in praise of Chicago, and that's what I did.
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I did a radio interview for a station in Connecticut or something, and it was the worst interview ever. It was all yes and no answers.
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If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil. That is to say, it will not be the equality of social conditions but rather their inequality which may give rise thereto.
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Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.
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Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
