Herbert Spencer Quotes
The poverty of the incapable, the distresses that come upon the imprudent, the starvation of the idle, and those shoulderings aside of the weak by the strong, which leave so many "in shallows and in miseries," are the decrees of a large, far-seeing benevolence.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced.
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I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the same time.
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Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
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I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.
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I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.
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I never wanted to just press play on some DJ set and let the lights do all the work. I value old-fashioned performance a little more than that.
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You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.
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It made the most sense for us to select Sam Bowie. It was almost a no-brainer.
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I hadn't worked for a couple of years so I thought it would be nice to earn some money and pay the bills.
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We can't just pay attention to women who look fantastic in a photograph, because there are a lot of people that have fantastic things to say that don't look like 25-year-old white models.
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My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim.
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For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.
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There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.
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I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people making mistakes, you understand why they're making a mistake. Everybody has flaws, everybody has demons, everybody has ghosts, but I think you watch people and you see everybody trying to do their best.
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We are ending where the savages began. We have found again the lost arts of starving non-combatants, burning hovels, and leading away the vanquished into slavery. Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: we are our own Huns.
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Studies have indicated there is a strong correlation between the shortages of nurses and morbidity and mortality rates in our hospitals.
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Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.
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The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.
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The poverty of the incapable, the distresses that come upon the imprudent, the starvation of the idle, and those shoulderings aside of the weak by the strong, which leave so many "in shallows and in miseries," are the decrees of a large, far-seeing benevolence.
