Sidney Hook Quotes
I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.
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I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.
Patricia Clarkson
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Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
Laura Lippman
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
Keinan Abdi Warsame
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
Irving R. Kaufman
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I'm Australian! How much more alpha can you get?
Sam Worthington
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One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.
E. M. Forster
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
Warren E. Burger
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I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!
Natasha Henstridge
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Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
Ornette Coleman
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I don't allow meat in my house or in my oven. My whole family is vegetarian - and although I've given my kids the choice to order meat at a restaurant when they reach five, they're not interested.
Sadie Frost
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
Hamza Yusuf
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If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?
Beck
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As to which is cuter, a puppy or a baby, I'm going to say that probably depends less on the particular puppy and more on the baby. I've seen pictures of me as an infant and consider myself lucky that nobody ever offered my parents the opportunity to trade me for a beagle.
W. Bruce Cameron
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I mean the terrorists are - are like a pimple, like a boil. They'll go away.
Pat Robertson
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Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.
Ian Mckellen
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I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.
Omar Sy
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Nothing is taken lightly in 'The Hunger Games.'
Natalie Dormer
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Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.
Taylor Swift
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I always thought that the spine of a character was awe and wonder.
William Shatner
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Growing up, I'll always remember knowing from movies and TV that there was a possibility that you wouldn't fall in love. I always thought, 'Oh my God, I hope I'm not that person.'
Isabel Gillies
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There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging often overlooks the important role that courts have in protecting people's rights. But if there was ever a time to defer, it is when Congress is protecting voting rights in the exact way the Constitution directs it to.
Adam Cohen
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The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results.
James Cook
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If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up. If you're over 50, which is when time gets shorter, subtract your age from 100 - the result is the number of pages you should read before deciding whether or not to quit. If you're 100 or over you get to judge the book by its cover, despite the dangers in doing so.
Nancy Pearl
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I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.
Sidney Hook