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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You have to eventually grow up and take control of your life, which is very hard to do.
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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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What you really want to know,” I say, “is how to make sure we all don’t just rip each other apart, right?” The fight earlier is way too fresh in our minds. We are a powder keg; just a spark will blow us apart.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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It's important to take time off because it's a long journey this life, and I want to be singing in 30 years' time. You see a lot of artists who get caught up in the here and now, and they just burn themselves out, and I kind of did that myself with my third album.
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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.
