Thomas Sowell Quotes
Our fate is matched by the total freedom we have to react to our fate. It is as if we were dealt a hand of card. Once we have them, we are free to play them as we choose.
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The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first thing I would say is that 'Young Adult' does not mean 'Older Children', it really does mean young but adult, and the category should be seen as a subset of adult literature, not of children's books.
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I arrived in the U.S.A. in 1935, to San Francisco. I got the boat from China, and I didn't even speak English. I could read a little, perhaps write a little, but that was all. It was a 17-day journey, and I learnt to speak English from the stewards.
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As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I'm successful, I never feel like I'm anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I'm never content.
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The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.
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My friends are very opinionated about the people I date.
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To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
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Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.
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Occasionally, you'll get a 'District 9,' a film that is politically charged, but there is nothing going on beneath the surface with a lot of horror films. They are not about anything.
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When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at. I played up until I was in ninth grade.
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Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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Our fate is matched by the total freedom we have to react to our fate. It is as if we were dealt a hand of card. Once we have them, we are free to play them as we choose.
