Thomas Sowell Quotes
Has Obama ever grown even a potted plant, much less a business, a bank, a hospital or any of the numerous other institutions whose decisions he wants to control and override? But he can talk glibly about growing the economy. Arrogance is no substitute for experience. That is why the country is in the mess it is in now.
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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We care about margins.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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I've been on sets my whole life.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.
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It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
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Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference.
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I do read all my work aloud as I'm working - this has made it a little hard to adjust to my husband's retirement. I can shout the shouty parts if I'm alone in the house, but of course, I feel a fool if someone is there to hear me.
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Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
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I was one man and I tackled a big railroad. I did the best I could.
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I was confident that something good would come out of yet another difficult and disappointing case.
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A good designer has technical knowledge - don't treat her like someone who's there to decide whether something should be pink or orange.
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It's very important to be conscious and happy from within. No beauty cream can come close to the wonders a balanced body-mind can do for you.
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I am not quick to call someone a friend. It is OK to have acquaintances and be associates. We make these words sound bad, but it is about understanding everyone's place in your life. I have a great group of people around me. I value them more than anything.
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I believe it's impossible to write good poetry without reading. Reading poetry goes straight to my psyche and makes me want to write. I meet the muse in the poems of others and invite her to my poems. I see over and over again, in different ways, what is possible, how the perimeters of poetry are expanding and making way for new forms.
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I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts like family and marriage also cross my mind more and more often.
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People don't know that when there is something running in my mind, I start smiling. If I'm angry, I smile and blush.
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Has Obama ever grown even a potted plant, much less a business, a bank, a hospital or any of the numerous other institutions whose decisions he wants to control and override? But he can talk glibly about growing the economy. Arrogance is no substitute for experience. That is why the country is in the mess it is in now.
