William Graham Sumner Quotes
History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in order to live luxuriously out of the earnings of othersWilliam Graham Sumner
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
Halima Aden -
A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
Yiannis Chryssomallis -
All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
Vera Wang -
I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go, 'I don't recognize that person at all.'
Ian MacKaye -
Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
Mao Zedong -
Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.
Samantha Smith
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
Barry White -
A company's logo can be a visual ambassador, one that goes on everything from business cards to delivery trucks. When used effectively, it can be the window into the soul of a brand.
Tahl Raz -
I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
Rahul Dravid -
I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
Pablo Sandoval -
I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.
Langhorne Slim -
I wouldn't mind seeing The Smiths reform. That would be cool.
Oscar Isaac
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There are times that you have a plot in your head, but then you find that the characters don't want to do that. When you're looking at the story from the outside, you can create whatever twists and turns you want. But when you're writing, you're inside the characters' heads, and you see that they may be motivated to do something different.
Ramez Naam -
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
Patrick Henry -
The combination of the CGI, 3-D, and sound effects, it's just impossible to separate them. It gives you a more immersive experience, and I prefer that.
M. Night Shyamalan -
Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
Nargis Fakhri -
A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
Barry Eisler
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In 50 years, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.
Sebastian Thrun -
Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.
E. O. Wilson -
We get so caught up in winning all the time, but it's also even more important to be a good person, so that's what I learned.
Aly Raisman -
I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
Aaron Sorkin -
I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability.
Pola Negri -
History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in order to live luxuriously out of the earnings of others
William Graham Sumner