Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes
Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.
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How lucky am I?
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.
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What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That product had a ten year life cycle, which has never been done in this industry.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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Our critics would love nothing more for us to go away and just be quiet. And we won't give them that satisfaction. We have young children that, one day, when they understand more of what's happened and what's transpired, we wanna be able to say to them, you know, we did our best. And we told the truth.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
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Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family?
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A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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I don't want to get fat.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.
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My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.
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I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
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When they made love Geryon liked to touch in slow succession each of the bones of Herakles' back as it arched away from him into who knows what dark dream of its own, running both hands all the way down from the base of the neck to the end of the spine which he can cause to shiver like a root in the rain.
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Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!
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If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
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Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.
