William Godwin Quotes
As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle.William Godwin
Quotes to Explore
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
Pat Boone -
Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
Rachel Kushner -
It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
J. B. Smoove -
I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
Queen Latifah -
'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
Ralph Baer -
I've always had that maternal thing: that connection with street kids and people who are misfits.
Yolandi Visser
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
Ted Deutch -
When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
Wendy Kopp -
I am so proud of being a Paralympian because I think the Games are a very good platform for disabled persons to perform themselves. Within the Paralympics movement, it's not just talk about excellence; it's not just talk about the competition. It's also talk about the equality and how your world accepts those disabled people.
Yu Chui Yee -
I've just always been a bit of a dork.
Nate Silver -
When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
Larry Mullen, Jr. U2 -
Being a celebrity is a business.
Caitlyn Jenner
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Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.
Caleb Deschanel -
Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.
Daniel Barenboim -
The first pitch I played on, for my first club, Braine-le-Comte, was only a metre from our house! I progressed very quickly.
Eden Hazard -
I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm going to stay.
Karrine Steffans -
I was working in Camden Lock market from the age of 13 to 16, and people often suggested that I should be a model. I knew a girl working on a stall who was with Take Two model agency, so I decided to go along, and they took me on.
Saffron Aldridge -
New York is such a diverse place in and of itself, it would be ridiculous to see it otherwise.
Jacob Batalon
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Nothing lives long Only the earth and mountains
Dee Brown -
Concerning the blunders which had been made in our foreign policy public opinion is, as a rule, first enlightened when it is in a position to look back upon the history of a generation, and the Achivi qui plectuntur are not always immediately contemporary with the mistaken actions.'
Otto von Bismarck -
Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.
Brit Marling -
The human race has a yearning to explore. That's part of our biological and psychological makeup.
Kip Thorne -
As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle.
William Godwin