Francis Hutcheson Quotes
The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to act.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
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The march of the human mind is slow.
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Going to rehearsals of school plays got me out of science. It became clear what inspired me and what dampened my spirit. The only other thing I could do at school was trampolining - it didn't seem to have much future in it.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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Wickets are like wives. You never know what to expect from them.
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I'm a fast writer.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book.
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I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.
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I think that probably the time that people stopped thinking of Starbuck as 'a woman' was when they stopped thinking of the old show.
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Since childhood I've always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it's a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication.
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Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry.
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what she loved: life, London, this moment of june.
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I've gone up and down in my weight - I know my body. And for me, it's easy to go up or down.
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I caught the acting bug from my dad.
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I think I have balanced hosting and acting pretty well.
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The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to act.
