Thomas Sowell Quotes
The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
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The army is the true nobility of our country.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
Barton Gellman
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
Candace Parker
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I don't drink hot beverages.
Gary Cohn
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I stopped watching horror movies after I watched 'Candyman' when I was – I don't know, fifteen or something. I remember my sister rented it, 'Candyman,' and it really, really scared me. And so it was only after I found myself in a horror film that I really went back and kind of rediscovered the genre.
Fiona Dourif
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
Sallust
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I immediately felt the need, back when I was a managing tech engineer, to attach myself to Nat Turner. And to research him and learn about him and try to find ways into his life that I could apply to my life.
Nate Parker
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
Natasha Lyonne
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Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
Yelena Baturina
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I've always been one to throw caution to the wind, and my motto has been, 'Never have a dull moment.' Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but I don't think I'd have it much differently.
Carlene Carter
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'The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.
Manny Farber
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Golf and dating don't mix.
Larry David
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
Yandel Wisin & Yandel
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The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?
Edmond Rostand
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And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.
Lara Flynn Boyle
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Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street's excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
Rahm Emanuel
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When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.
Ian Frazier
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I don't take money seriously, so I can't keep any.
Felicity Kendal
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I'm glad I'm Southern. I'm the Southerner who's very Southern in that she left to move to New York.
Parker Posey
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I think I connect to people who could be written off as wild or dark, or who are just full of fire and looking for a place to put that fire. It's an important lesson to learn, and it's something I did learn: you live on behalf of others and you're happier and you have purpose. And you have a great excuse to have all that fire.
Angelina Jolie
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To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
Gary Goetzman
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Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
Barbara Olson
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I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of course I'd love to work with Jay-Z, maybe even Phil Collins. I love his voice.
Nicki Minaj
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The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
Thomas Sowell