Thomas Sowell Quotes
People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
Quotes to Explore
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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I don't mind dating younger men now.
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My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.
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If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's not lost on me that it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.
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And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.
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Brazil is on my side.
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I describe Bitcoin as 'the Skype of money.'
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Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.
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One year, I was a patron of a new opera. It was, to put it kindly, unpleasant to the ear. The friends I went with hated it. Keeping quiet about my contribution, I was outed when one of them, reading the program at the restaurant during dinner, saw my name.
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Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusive.
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You were born with compassion, only that also means that when people are cruel to you it cuts you deep. You won't understand that you have to walk right up to the ones who are being hateful and laugh in their faces and earn their respect. Instead you'll try to figure out what you did to make them mad at you.
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I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.
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One of the most incredible and important things about the theater is that we're creating a safe space for all feelings, but especially, ugly feelings.
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It's just natural, it's not a great disaster. People keep talking about it like it's The End of The Earth. It's only a rock group that split up, it's nothing important. You know, you have all the old records there if you want to reminisce.
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Instruct thyself for time and patience favor all.
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I sometimes overeat or drink too much, but I don't eat chocolate, and I gave up smoking when I was 39.
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People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
