Ezra Stiles Quotes
In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
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We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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Any person without invincible prejudice who had the same experience would come to the same broad conclusion, viz., that things hitherto held impossible do actually occur.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
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Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists, and the rest of the altruistic scum of the earth. Why do these people want to feel good? They want to feel good in order to convince themselves that they are good.
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What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.
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What is this 'mac and cheese'? Is that a black thing?
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Emily stared into the middle distance, trying to ignore the fact that the men were looking at her like a cupcake on a plate.
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The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf.
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And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leavesInterlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlightTo divide us forever.
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I love to win. But probably equal to that - I love doing what I do.
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I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.
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It always seems impossible until it's done.
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I just want my audiences to be entertained and feel like they're part of the show. I want to show them a good time and create an experience they're going to enjoy.
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I'm still a Red Bull driver. I'm part of this family more than ever.
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Lecture II : The Universal Categories, § 2 : Struggle, CP 5.51
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You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.
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In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.
