John Stuart Mill Quotes
Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action.
Quotes to Explore
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Sure, we think it would be great to live forever, but it really wouldn't.
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
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Education - much like law or medicine - should be a profession governed by professionals. Unfortunately, too many policies, even those that are well-intentioned, come from the top, leaving out those closest to the classroom, who have the greatest insight into how to provide a high-quality education for all students.
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The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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I will run against anybody.
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Spike Lee gave me the greatest reaction to the fact that I was this athlete-meets-artist, because I think he saw that I was different. I learned that oftentimes, Spike directs in a sense that he might just stare at you and look at you in a telepathic way of communicating.
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It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of humor about it and take it in stride. My whole approach is to embrace spontaneity.
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Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
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Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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We must start with the reality that corporations cannot guarantee anyone a lifetime job any more than corporations have a guarantee of immortality.
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I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life: Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.
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Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures as one among various subjects in the school syllabus. It is the truth of our complete being, the consciousness of our personal relationship with the infinite.
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Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action.
