Thomas Sowell Quotes
Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not.
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In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.
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Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.
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Hopefully, there's a place in music for Tinted Windows. If we're really trying to be iconic, we should just stop right now. If one of us could die, that would also help. But I don't think anybody wants that gig.
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My father had a passion for love. It's mostly what he talked about in his songs, and I still have his old records today.
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I longed for literary celebrity even as I saw with my own eyes how little happiness it brought.
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I'm not knocking the poor homosexual, I'm not. They need salvation just like anybody else.
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Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.
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The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - or stimulus bill, as it is often called - is a perfect example in which dire circumstances necessitate immediate action. But with such large amounts of taxpayer money at stake, a hastily developed, under-thought-out plan could have been disastrous.
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When you lose your reputation at 19, you lose everything.
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I'm not trying to do anything except entertain America.
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You're only one video away from going viral and changing your life.
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House Speaker John Boehner and presumed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell understand the art of politics.
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It's going to be labor-intensive and time-consuming, but you need to take all the books down and put them on the floor. Take them down and spread them in one area. Physically pick each book up, one by one. If the book inspires you, keep it. If not, it goes out. That's the standard by which you decide.
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Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We don't even read the inside of records anymore.
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I'm constantly working towards my personal improvement.
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I just want to do my job.
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The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.
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We are 'nuclear waste' from the fuel that makes stars shine; indeed, each of us contains atoms whose provenance can be traced back to thousands of different stars spread through our Milky Way.
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I am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women.
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I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.
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Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.
