Thomas Sowell Quotes
Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
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Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.
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I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your team, then what else is it? It's got to be a black-white issue. Every white player I know who's the best player on their team is the poster child of that team.
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We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.
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If you need a door kicked in, just call, and we'll kick it. Now, it may not always be the answer you want, but you will get an answer.
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Without Art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without Science, we should always worship false gods.
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Everyone feels embarrassed, but when you laugh it off, it's fine.
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'I've lost a day!'-the prince who nobly cried,Had been an emperor without his crown.
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Accord, n. Harmony.
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I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.
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I was living near the Twin Towers on 9/11, so I saw the attacks, and I had friends who were killed in the attacks.
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Since I was very young, probably two or three, I had really good memorization skills. I would memorize stuff from TV and perform it for my family. I was the little performer for most of my early life. So eventually, my mom caught onto that and thought I might want to get into acting.
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One of the important things to learn about parenting is that the more you worry about a child, the less the child will worry abouthim- or herself....instead of worrying, watch with fascination and wonder as your child's life unfolds, and help the child take responsibility for his or her own life.
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Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.
