Thomas Sowell Quotes
Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.
Quotes to Explore
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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I'm tired of the speculation about my personal life.
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I am interested in a lot of the same things people are interested in. I am trying to raise kids without them self-destructing. I am trying to hold the marriage together, and I am trying to take off the same 10 pounds everyone else is.
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A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of furniture that should be judged as to their usefulness, elegance.
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I pretty much will do anything for a laugh.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don't know if that's good or not, because where I come from, sex isn't something you're allowed to talk about.
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It's very important that Syria accepts the new reality and operates in a constructive, cooperative way with us and the United States.
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As Hitler himself later enunciated, it matters not how idiotic the creed, what matters is the firmness with which it is enunciated.
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I think it's real important to enjoy what you do, have fun with it and not to put the pressure on yourself of everyone watching.
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Spelling mistakes in a letter is like a bug on a white shirt.
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The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive.
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Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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I would like to show that I have a heart, that I am a human being and I have feelings. And to be this kind of role model, not only for beauty pageants but also for life.
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There are many things about living the gospel of Jesus Christ that cannot be measured by that which is counted or charted in records of attendance.
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Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.
