Herbert Spencer Quotes
The law is the survival of the fittest.... The law is not the survival of the 'better' or the 'stronger,' if we give to those words any thing like their ordinary meanings. It is the survival of those which are constitutionally fittest to thrive under the conditions in which they are placed; and very often that which, humanly speaking, is inferiority, causes the survival.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
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In college, my idea of a productive day was to start writing at 7 A.M. and not leave my chair until dinnertime.
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It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.
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We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Voice acting is very different from live-action. You only have one tool to convey emotion. You can't sell a line with a look. It's all about your vocal instrument.
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If religious people deny paradise to their opponents or to 'non-believers,' atheists would likewise seek to eliminate 'dangerous' believers with their 'childish' ways and their heads in the clouds.
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That's how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It recreates some forgotten terror. Something we'd like to think we're grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. It's something you'd hoped was healed.
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When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.
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Do you have to have a reason for loving?
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And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive.
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I love watching TV.
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I don't really feel part of any particular movement.
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Charisma seems to be more about the intoxicating quality that you have on other people, as opposed to presence, which is more about the self in relation to others, and how you feel you represented yourself in a situation, and how you were able to engage. So it's less about how others see you and more about how you see yourself.
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History suggests the 2010s will give rise to a super-unicorn or two that reflect the key tech wave of the decade, the mobile web.
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Nearer my Father's house, Where the many mansions be,Nearer the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea.Nearer the bound of life, Where we lay our burdens down,Nearer leaving the cross, Nearer gaining the crown.
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Sometimes it takes just living your life a certain way to be able to open yourself to the rhythm of the cosmos.
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In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said ‘looks like we’re a couple of peeing Toms.’ His angry silence is something I’ll never forget.
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For decades in America, there has been an effort to ensure that the rights of those who are not sane are the same as the rights of those who are.
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My career has been over since 1990.
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Every day I am on this Earth, I will do all I can for so many important causes.
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The law is the survival of the fittest.... The law is not the survival of the 'better' or the 'stronger,' if we give to those words any thing like their ordinary meanings. It is the survival of those which are constitutionally fittest to thrive under the conditions in which they are placed; and very often that which, humanly speaking, is inferiority, causes the survival.
