Thomas Sowell Quotes
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I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.
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You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.
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So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.
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Good tests can help teachers determine how their students are performing and identify the areas in which their students need assistance. Like an X-ray, however, tests can diagnose, but they cannot cure.
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In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution, it will be proper to take a view of the ends to be served by it. These were, - first, to protect the people against their rulers, secondly, to protect the people against the transient impressions into which they themselves might be led.
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I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
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I don't judge anybody because I've been the one to party and look for the after party to begin! I have more fun now both when I DJ and in general.
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Fiscally, I'm very conservative... others say that I'm socially moderate. As a former judge, I listen to all the facts, and I make a decision as to what I believe is in the best interest of the state.
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For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as a faithful servant of the law.
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I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.
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Whether you want to admit it or not, people begin to judge you the minute you walk in the door.
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Journalism and the news has become not only a means to debate but also to judge and deconstruct celebrity, the news story, and the emotional lives of political people.
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Unless someone has walked in your shoes, you really can't judge. Everyone needs to make the best choice for their life.
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For something to be profitable doesn't necessarily mean it's the best thing in the world for the director. You judge a movie by different standards - I've worked on comedies, and now I've worked on superhero movies, and the reviews are almost parenthetical in both of those genres.
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Behind the newspaper Julian was withdrawing into the inner compartment of his mind where he spent most of his time. This was a kind of mental bubble in which he established himself when he could not bear to be a part of what was going on around him. From it he could see out and judge but in it he was safe from any kind of penetration from without. It was the only place where he felt free of the general idiocy of his fellows. His mother had never entered it but from it he could see her with absolute clarity.
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Liberals in blue states working in blue enclaves within blue cities that are producing the media, don't even see that their positions fit on the spectrum as left of center.
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There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.
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If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion. It doesn’t shake me because I know why I do the things I do and I know I come from a good place and so people can judge me however they wish. But I know I’ll continue to do the best I can and be the best I can.
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You can't judge a book by its cover, can you?
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Now that the generation that grew up on '80s indie-rock has attained influential positions in the culture, that music is the new yardstick. And that will shift yet again some day.
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If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all humankind - then you have no choice but to back Fidel Castro as long as it takes!
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My first love, in my head, believe it or not, was Ron Howard.
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I played on Asia records with Geoff Downes.
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Students are often in no position to judge 'relevance' until long after the fact.
