Thomas Sowell Quotes
Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but only increases it. Far from producing gratitude, generosity is seen as an admission of guilt, and the reparations as inadequate compensations for injustices - leading to worsening behavior by the recipients.Thomas Sowell
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
Daisy Fuentes -
Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.
Walter Kirn -
If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
Gary Player -
I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
Olga Kurylenko -
People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
Yakov Smirnoff -
I really only worked for about a month on 'Meatballs.' What happened was that Ivan Reitman figured out that studios wanted to meet everybody involved with 'Animal House' except the producer. So he thought he'd better start directing.
Harold Ramis
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I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.
Oscar Isaac -
As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?
Becki Newton -
A novel and its writer are inseparable: you are your books. A play's not like that at all. 'Abandonment's not mine - it's everyone's. I wanted it to be a co-operative thing because I was tired of that anal control that I have over novels.
Kate Atkinson -
As coaches, any work you may do, it's been done long ago.
Dan Quinn -
I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.
Lasse Hallstrom -
I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.
Zoe Kazan
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I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.
Wale -
I have been told that Your Excellency follows the teachings of Jesus (PBUH)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
Of course it's tough to reach the number one place and also winning grand slams.
Angelique Kerber -
With apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment.
Jami Attenberg -
I have made many serious statements - I just can't remember any of them. I guess they mustn't have been very important.
Oliver Reed -
They're two of the reasons that I came to this team, along with Thornton and Samsonov and center Patrice Bergeron. The young guys on the team are their best players and we need them back.
Brian Leetch
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Only love heals. Anger, guilt, and fear can only destroy and separate you from your true capabilities.
Alyson Noel -
Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.
Larry Wilcox -
Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but only increases it. Far from producing gratitude, generosity is seen as an admission of guilt, and the reparations as inadequate compensations for injustices - leading to worsening behavior by the recipients.
Thomas Sowell