Thomas Sowell Quotes
Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen.
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I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children's book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children's division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children's book for a series she was doing.
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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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It's a coincidence that most of the films I have done are to do with social causes.
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People don't care about questionnaires.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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I wish at times I had finished school just to say I had.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
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Since my life has been wayward and impulsive, always a search for something that is not there, and then disillusionment, I believe I need all the excuses I can make.
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Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.
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If I could make albums quicker, I'd be on a roll wouldn't I? Everything just seems to take so much time. I don't know why. Time... evaporates.
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I did many stupid things. I made many mistakes, but I learnt from everything. I still make mistakes; I still learn from them. Nobody is perfect.
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All the rappers in rave music are like the sloppy seconds of rappers who couldn't make it.
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All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.
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The enhanced features of our ad products would require sufficient understanding from our sales force, advertisers, and agencies. To facilitate this, we have held multiple training sessions internally and road show events externally.
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If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.
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Turn the preparing of food into a communal affair by enlisting others to help with the chopping, grating, stirring, simmering, tasting and seasoning. When the cooking is finished, eat together round the table with the electronic gadgets switched off so you can savor the food and let the conversation flow.
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See and keep silent.
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One of the best programs that the federal government sponsors is the Small Business Innovation Research program, in which more than 2.5 percent of federal research and development funding at the largest agencies goes directly to small businesses.
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They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
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Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen.
