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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Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.
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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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A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.
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It seemed awful crude and raw here when I got back after his return from his third and last trip to Europe, in 1910. It took me ten years to get over Europe.
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We've had to be escorted out of venues, things like that. We get security guards now.
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My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do.
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I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.
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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
