Thomas Sowell Quotes
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I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
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I felt that it was cool to even get to the point where I was able to audition on the actual 'SNL' stage. Looking back on it, I can't believe that I wasn't more nervous.
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People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people that don't live in big cities are just as likely to enjoy music as people that do live in big cities.
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I don't take a scene or word for granted.
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A mom has to be ready for anything.
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Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.
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Although there were many who did the dirty on him in the envious world of letters, Stephen
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The object of art - like every other product - creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.
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Much of good science - and perhaps all of great science - has its roots in fantasy.
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One man may as easily destroy, as govern: be King or Anti-King.
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I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational.
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In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That... was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about 'white men.'
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If every inhabitant of a liberal democracy believes in liberal democracy, then it doesn't matter what creed or colour they are.
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Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.
