William Blackstone Quotes
There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.William Blackstone
Quotes to Explore
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
Maggie Stiefvater -
When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
Sally Phillips -
Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
Gail Simmons -
I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
Octavia Spencer
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
Carlos Santana Santana -
I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
Adam Clayton U2 -
I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
D. H. Lawrence -
For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
Laura Harring -
I just want get to as high as I can go. I think that's the safest and most politically correct thing I can say. I'm not trying to take anyone's spot. I want to create my own lane and shoot to the sky.
Kat Graham
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Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
Walter Bagehot -
I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
Karrine Steffans -
I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.
Laura Marling -
Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?
Edgar Rice Burroughs -
Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises. A broadly diversified portfolio includes large capitalization stocks, small cap, emerging markets, fixed income, real estate and commodities.
Barry Ritholtz
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If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenager, I'll read 'BuzzFeed' on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that.
Tavi Gevinson -
Jocks have completely taken over music... And just to get back at them, I’m going to start playing basketball.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana -
Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.
Wayne Gerard Trotman -
As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to read them, because I've spent too long with them already. I'm not advertising them very well, am I?
Salman Rushdie -
There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.
William Blackstone