Thomas Sowell Quotes
It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet.
Thomas Sowell
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
Vicki Lawrence
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
Tadao Ando
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The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
Walter Pater
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
Camila Alves
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Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.
Pat Robertson
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The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
Callie Khouri
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
Zach McGowan
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Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach.
Patrick Ewing
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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.
Ira Glass
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I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
Wallace Shawn
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That's the best thing that classic can do, is it can return to us from our own past to give us lessons about the future, and it can give us a sense of both who we were and who we could become.
Bartlett Sher
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I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was an ill match. She encouraged me to be a writer. She opened her home to black friends, and this was the 1950s. She didn't care later when I write about her.
Edmund White
