Herbert Spencer Quotes

Feudalism, serfdom, slavery — all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kinds of rule, springing out of, and necessary to, a bad state of man. The progress from these is in all cases the same — less government.

Herbert Spencer

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• I liked to play dress-up.

  

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• Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?

  

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• I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.

  

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• I've been into horses as far back as I can remember. There is a particular kind here in America called the 'quarter horse' that I'm very interested in.

  

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• Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.

  

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• I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?

  

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• For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.

  

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• What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

  

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• I am a big fan of movies that don't take themselves too seriously. You know you won't change the world, but have fun. Movies like 'Butch Cassidy' I enjoyed tremendously, but it didn't alter my opinion of the world.

  

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• The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.

  

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• What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.

  

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• I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I have had that.

  

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• That's sort of what we wanted to do: conquer from the margins, sort of find our place in the middle based on the fact that we were creatures of the margin and of alienation.

  

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• I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

  

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• I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high.

  

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• In 2010, there was a TED event called Mission Blue held aboard the Lindblad Explorer in the Galapagos as part of the fulfillment of Sylvia Earle's TED wish. I spoke about a new way of exploring the ocean, one that focuses on attracting animals instead of scaring them away.

  

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• I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.

  

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• When a woman says she won't, it's a good sign that she will. And when she says she will, it is an even better sign.

  

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• A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.

  

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• Often, when we support the 'right' causes and candidates, we fail to recognize that with progress comes sacrifice. That sacrifice might mean that you are no longer the obvious choice for the job. Your job security may no longer be a given.

  

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• Feudalism, serfdom, slavery — all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kinds of rule, springing out of, and necessary to, a bad state of man. The progress from these is in all cases the same — less government.

  

  Herbert Spencer
  • Kind
  • Government
  • Progress