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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Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.
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I just want to push the barriers and see what I can do and how far I can go. I am just determined and driven.
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It was just kind of the way the day went.
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Animals used for food are treated like unfeeling machinery.
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I've always had facility with the German accent.
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The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.
