William Beveridge Quotes
The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
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VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage. Because we often stand out, we gain a unique platform to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities.
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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
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The inexorable compulsion of all things is towards health or destruction, life or death, and we hasten our joys or our woes to the logical extreme. It is urgent, therefore, that we be joyous if we wish to live.
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One of the things about Derek Jarman was that he was a painter who worked alone when he painted, but I firmly believe that one of the reasons he made films was for the company. He made filmmakers of all of us, that's the truth. I don't mean he necessarily made directors, but he made us filmmakers. Because we lived in a state of mutual responsibility for what we made.
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We spend a lot of time training and retraining. It's heartbreaking because our education system has failed all of us. And again you go to China, even Mexico, Brazil the education systems are valued - ours are not in this country at K-12 level. It's amazing how that change has transpired in my lifetime.
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I cook croquetas, and I eat jamon. I keep my diet 100% Mediterranean and drink my Rioja. In that sense, I have a piece of Spain in West Hollywood.
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The human race is in the best condition when it has the greatest degree of liberty.
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The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else.
