Thomas Sowell Quotes
The poor are the very lifeblood of the left, attracting activists, supporting among the intelligentsia, and - perhaps most important - allowing the left to indulge in self-congratulation as people who 'care.' But, if they really cared, they would want to know what the facts are and what the actual consequences of their various nostrums are.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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You have to realize that a lot of life is just fortune and the ebbs of flows of what goes on.
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I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
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First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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The Corona Extra brand was launched in Austin, Texas. From Austin, where it was exclusively for three or four months, it became more widely available in that state and in others, primarily in the southwest and western United States.
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I'm not the most charismatic, maybe emotional, fun-packed individual on the golf course; I get that.
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I love reading almost as much as I love writing.
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One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it.
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As a kid, I used to love to play baseball and be in Little League and sleep outside with my friends and do all those kind of things.
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I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.
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Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?
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Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
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When Jagged Little Pill came out, I feel like I immediately went into survival mode to keep the 'overwhelm' that comes from being famous at bay. Ten years later, I have the luxury of time and distance to formally honor it.
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Part of the job for me and others from El Paso who live along the border is to dispel the myths about how supposedly dangerous the border is.
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Growing up sucks, doesn't it? I understand why people wouldn't want to get old - but it'd be one thing if we became a culture obsessed with eating right, doing yoga, going to therapy and becoming at one with ourselves. That be great. But we don't do that. We seem to be obsessed with all the wrong ways to stay young.
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I am grateful that the people of Telangana supported me when I spoke in the Andhra accent, just as much as the people of Andhra embraced my Telangana dialect.
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The characters, to me, in 'Homeland' are not one note in any way.
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We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do.
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To each individual the world will take on a different connotation of meaning-the important lies in the desire to search for an answer.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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The rapid proliferation of cell phones in Afghanistan proves that anything that adds value to people's lives spreads like brushfire - and commerce is certainly a force that could add value for Afghanis.
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A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.
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The poor are the very lifeblood of the left, attracting activists, supporting among the intelligentsia, and - perhaps most important - allowing the left to indulge in self-congratulation as people who 'care.' But, if they really cared, they would want to know what the facts are and what the actual consequences of their various nostrums are.
