Thomas Sowell Quotes
Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.
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I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
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Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings.
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I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.
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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.
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I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.
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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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However judicious academics may be - not like me - they are all taught to see through crap.
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It's hard sometimes to take a step back and realize what's happened because you're always trying to move forward. You're always looking at the next palette.
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I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration.
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I'm in the communications business.
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Allowing your kids to watch TV doesn't have to mean they have no choice but to see commercials for junk food and alcohol.
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My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life.
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The absence of doll babies in my toy chest didn't seriously influence my later decision not to become a mother; rather, I disdained Hasbro's Baby Alive wetting doll because I was already the kind of girl who would grow up to be childless by choice.
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I have such a great relationship with my mom that I'm so excited to, hopefully, have that same relationship with my daughter.
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I didn't think it was my dream to be on Broadway; it just sort of became that, and then it just became me wanting it more and more and more.
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Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is.
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There are so many traps, so many ways of getting screwed in this business.
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When the time comes to raise rates, I do think there will be some benefits that flow through to savers.
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This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.
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Shut up and say something.
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To me, money is a vehicle; it's a tool. I could use it as a weapon to destroy things or money can create-you can create an opportunity, you can create a charity, you can create things for your family, you can go do something for your family that nobody else would ever do. You can create educational opportunities, you can feed people overseas. And there's a tremendous leverage with money, or you can destroy people with it.
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Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.
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Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.
