Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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Africa is the future.
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Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
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Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.
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I'm a real optimist.
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I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang in plays and musicals.
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I'm never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next.
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Here's an idea: Spend two or three hours a day at least five days a week in front of a bookstore wearing a sandwich board with your bookcover on it while you chase and chat with anyone you can corral and who is willing to talk to you.
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Overall, our population is in the worst shape it's ever been. Children are in terrible shape. We have absolutely unprecedented numbers of obese and overweight children - one in three now. A generation ago it was something like one in ten.
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There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.
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When you think about it, the end of the world is a little bit like death: We all know it's going to come eventually, and as we get older, we feel we see the signs more and more distinctly.
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I have a thing where if I'm not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.
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I don't know anything about propaganda for Chinese reunification. I only know about charity and environmental work. I just want to do good.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
