Herbert Spencer Quotes
If every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man, then he is free to drop connection with the state-to relinquish its protection, and to refuse paying toward its support.
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I've been around - having gone to Princeton, and I went to Oxford after that - some pretty fancy characters in my life. And they're just as nutty as the rest of us - sometimes worse.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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Madeleine Albright introduced herself to me. I talked to Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters. And I asked Peter Jennings to write a note of encouragement to my son, Logan, a news anchor at the ABC affiliate in Palm Springs.
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I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do.
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For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.
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I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.
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Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.
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I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.
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I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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Far from being a sum of distinct and partial results, victory is the consequence of efforts, some of which are victorious while others appear to be fruitless, which nevertheless all aim at a common goal, all drive at a common result: namely, at a decision, a conclusion which alone can provide victory.
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A little exposure to a city like Sulaimani will help Trump understand that the Middle East is a much more complex place than he seems to believe. Perhaps Trump could even give a speech at the American University in Sulaimani, just as President Obama did at Cairo University early in his first term.
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I guess I was the class clown - with a name like Albert Einstein, you don't hide in the back. I'd read the school bulletin to the class, and I'd add activities and make stuff up. It was good, a good 10 minutes every morning.
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I obviously love 'The Grey'; that was a pleasure to make. It was also very difficult. Listen, I love 'Smokin' Aces.' That was a lot of fun to make. Completely different part of your brain, I guess. Some would argue the part that they don't want you to use.
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I mean, The New York Times actually had an interesting case recently where they described a detainee who was afraid of the dark, and so he was purposely kept very much in the dark.
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I'm part Bridget Jones, part Larry David. I'm shy; I'm prude.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I love Frances McDormand so much. I love her career. And I think it's fun because she gets to do comedy as well as drama.
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I can write a program that lets you break the copy protection on a music file. But I can't write a program that solders new connections onto a chip for you.
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The metal press has a certain type of audience, and I think most of them support the magazines' negative focus on me.
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If every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man, then he is free to drop connection with the state-to relinquish its protection, and to refuse paying toward its support.
