Thomas More Quotes
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
Quotes to Explore
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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My record speaks for itself.
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It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international law to regime change in a non-transparent way. It was an error for which we as a country paid a heavy price, and for which many people paid with their lives.
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The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative.
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With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
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Me.
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Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.
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It feels like my books come true. I write these things, and then they kind of end up happening. I wasn't divorced, for example, when I wrote a book about divorce.
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In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination.
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It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.
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I've been a total Tom Waits dork for a long, long time.
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I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.
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We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world. But there are specific areas that we get excited about - areas like hard tech, deep tech, companies that deal with really difficult technology, etc.
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I try so hard not to think that I am a stranger in a strange land. But I know that I stand out.
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Normal people have sex lives of their own to worry about.
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What a perfect way to end the home stand, by hitting sixty-two for the city of St. Louis and all the fans. I truly wanted to do it here and I did. Thank you St. Louis.
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Back then, it was more or less we couldn't change a line in our script. We weren't allowed to change lines. Today, actors change everything and won't do parts. It's very different today. Back then, the producers were in charge. Today actors are more in charge.
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Die Nationalökonomie entstand als eine natürliche Folge der Ausdehnung des Handels, und mit ihr trat an die Stelle des einfachen, unwissenschaftlichen Schachers ein ausgebildetes System des erlaubten Betrugs, eine komplette Bereicherungswissenschaft.
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My vision is a Malawi where men and women live in peace and in harmony as equals enjoying their human rights.
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It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.
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I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb.
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I have always been supported by the men in my life, which is why I think I've been successful in many of my endeavors. My father believed I could do anything. He even wrote to Al Gore and told him that he thought I should be his vice president.
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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
