Thomas Sowell Quotes
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
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I was born in the Midwest, where 'salad' was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.
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I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
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I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.
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I was very insecure at the beginning of my career. I didn't value my talent. I would have probably skipped signing up for movies that I didn't want to do if I had understood that I had been accepted and people liked my work.
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I'm the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives.
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O supreme and unapproachable light! O whole and blessed truth, how far art thou from me, who am so near to thee! How far removed art thou from my vision, though I am so near to thine! Everywhere thou art wholly present, and I see thee not. In thee I move, and in thee I have my being; and I cannot come to thee. Thou art within me, and about me, and I feel thee not.
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If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men.
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Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes.
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Some people are just born stars – you either have it or you haven’t, and I was definitely born one.
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I like the fact they give weight to spins, spirals, footwork, transitions. Something that was merely checked off before and jumping was given all the weight. For me, I'm very appreciative of the new system.
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I need silence, and to be alone and to go out, and to save one hour to consider what has happened to my world, what death has done to my world.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision.
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If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?
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If God were not to test us, there would be no patience.
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It is a natural gift I was born with but it's something I've had to nurture in training.
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In the long run, the greatest weapon of mass destruction is stupidity.
