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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There are so many traps, so many ways of getting screwed in this business.
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Iraq is better without Saddam Hussein than with Saddam Hussein. Without a doubt.
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With cab drivers, I always say I'm from Brazil. I don't say I'm from Israel. It's happened more than once that someone is blaming me for the government's policy. And I say, 'Listen, I live here. I'm a musician. I don't call the shots.'
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There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit in the book of rules.
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A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.
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Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
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Well I was out in the garden moving rocks on the day of the Emmys. I was just playing in the dirt.
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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.
