Thomas Sowell Quotes

Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.

Thomas Sowell

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• I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.

  

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• I love being a part of Aqua Teen.

  

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• When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.

  

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• It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.

  

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• Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.

  

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• You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.

  

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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.

  

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• I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.

  

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• Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

  

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• From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself.

  

  Talcott Parsons
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• The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and for ill, the start of combat.

  

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• On the day of the audition for 'Sullivan and Son,' I had three other auditions all around Los Angeles. It was so hectic. I remember changing in my car before I went in to read.

  

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• A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts and to the singing of a bird outside his window and to the far-away voice of the sea.

  

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• With Drake, I was a big fan of 'Degrassi.'

  

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• Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

  

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• I love New Orleans. I love jazz. I grew up practicing jazz piano, and that's just been such a cool genre to me. There's a lot of talent there.

  

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• I want to make movies, TV series, wherever the career takes me.

  

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• My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life.

  

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• I'm just going to do what I do, and people will like it, or they won't.

  

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• My experience as a refugee had made me strong; I could survive anything, even the world of fashion.

  

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• Differences in political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary; but it is exceedingly to be regretted that subjects cannot be discussed with temper on the one hand, or decisions submitted to without having the motives, which led to them, improperly implicated on the other; and this regret borders on chagrin when we find that men of abilities, zealous patriots, having the same general objects in view, and the same upright intentions to prosecute them, will not exercise more charity in deciding on the opinions and actions of one another.

  

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• Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Political
  • Dangerous
  • Politician