Thomas Sowell Quotes
Eternal vigilance is only part of the price of freedom. The maturity to live with imperfections is another crucial part of the price of freedom.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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To understand the hidden secret of the modern industrial world in which I find myself, I have to return to another world. That world is at once wartime Nice and the plantation - the sugar isles on which Europe's prosperity was built.
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When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women's Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women's rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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I need the Lord's guidance on what to do... I asked God for wisdom.
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What is a strain is being forced into the lobster pot of good behaviour while being forced to sing its praises.
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Nadie puede no ir más allá. Y más allá hay un abismo.
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We must maximize our efforts to counter violent extremism, radicalization and recruitment in the United States and stop using xenophobia and ethnic stereotyping.
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When I moved to New York at 22, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I took an improv class, and the first scene I did, I felt like 'I want to do this for the rest of my life.' It was the first time I ever felt like that about anything. I tried to make a living off improv.
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I try to only go out twice a week. More than that would leave me feeling pretty run down.
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When you're used to being at a point where you're deadlifting close to 600 pounds, getting to be 5.5 percent body fat and seeing veins in places you shouldn't see them, it kind of skews your understanding of what is normal and OK.
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I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
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Cartola is an artist from Brazil who didn't record until much later in his life, but had a big influence on a lot of famous artists down there, like Gilberto Gil. I discovered his music recently when I was in Brazil.
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I'm into creating something that I've never created before.
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The second purchase was my ranch, Mockingbird Hill. The third purchase was Longhorn cattle.
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You know, I started doing movies. I mean, my mind was brought into saying, 'You know what? I want to build a generation of wealth.'
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'Jelly,' more than any black musical before it, celebrated the majesty, the purity, the joy of so many artists who are unable to fully embody these same qualities in their own lives.
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Average leaders inspire people to punch a time clock. Great leaders inspire industry and passion.
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We're subject to the same forces of capitalism that have built the entire American economy. Strong returns induce more capital flow, which creates more competitors, and you have to evolve and get better, or you die.
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When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind.
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Eternal vigilance is only part of the price of freedom. The maturity to live with imperfections is another crucial part of the price of freedom.
