George Mason Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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When people read 'Breitbart' every single day and convince themselves that Barack Obama is a foreign terrorist, that is not a problem of government. That is a problem of community failure, and we have to recognize that.
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I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things.
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.
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The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
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When I was younger, I had conversations with friends about wanting to create something different. Every young musician probably thinks that. But it's difficult to do, because there are only so many words, notes, melodies, songs. But as soon as I stopped thinking and started feeling, it worked. I didn't realize it till I was done.
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.
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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
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These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.
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One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do.
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In my experience as a therapist and as a friend, it seems that the majority of the breakup resources available are for women and not men. Women, who tend to be more vocal about their emotional struggles, are the squeaky wheel that gets the grease from friends, from online communities, from books, and from therapeutic approaches.
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The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same.
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The trouble with emergencies is," she said, "that I always put on my finest underwear and then nothing happens.
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To lose ones faith-surpass The loss of an Estate- Because Estates can be Replenished- faith cannot-.
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The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.
