Albert Venn Dicey (A. V. Dicey) Quotes
The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are gradual and indirect and lay out of sight ... Hence the majority of mankind must almost of necessity look with undue favor upon governmental intervention.
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In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and, at the same time, to assign to him my own life trajectory.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
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I'm less interested in how people are following each other and more interested in how they are following topics and tweets themselves. People are following more key words and concepts and more ideas and acting on those rather than individuals or organizations.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I look formidable.
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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I've lived in Kansas for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching family, so I'm writing about things I know and love.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.
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A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
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They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open.
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At the core of every religion is the belief that we care for everyone....It's not too late to help a neighbor in need and to do it with the swiftness, expertise, generosity and love that resides in the best of who we are.
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My hope is that, after finishing The Cougar Club, readers feel good about themselves, no matter their age, and realize that life’s all about finding your passion, whether it be romantically or professionally. You’re never too old to follow your heart or your dreams.
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We must not think, 'Well, we have all the truth, we understand the main pillars of our faith, and we may rest on this knowledge.' The truth is an advancing truth, and we must walk in the increasing light.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are gradual and indirect and lay out of sight ... Hence the majority of mankind must almost of necessity look with undue favor upon governmental intervention.
