Thomas Sowell Quotes
Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.
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I would see anything by Antony Gormley.
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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In the past, I used to tell everyone that I have never had a boyfriend, because I was still quite young. However, I cannot say the same thing now.
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I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.
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The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
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I'm inspired to work with good actors, period. I want to work with the best anytime because I think they'll make me better.
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I find it easier to work when it's quiet.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
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I've used my time at 'GH' to learn some discipline.
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Human beings can imagine situations which are different from those in front of their eyes... because they make and hold in their minds images for absent things.
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A fire in a forest is alive with terror and power.
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Virtual simulations allow post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers to re-experience the events that traumatized them, and then slowly desensitize themselves to their impact through repeated recreations involving not just sight and sound but even smell.
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I'd much rather hang out in a cafe. That's where things are really happening.
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Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, 'Children's Letters to God.' You can open it anywhere. One I read recently said, 'Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.'
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I can't say I'm thankful about being German because I sometimes experience it as a huge burden. But it is an integral part of me and I wouldn't want to escape it. I have accepted it.
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Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.
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Every new discovery in science brings with it a host of new problems, just as the invention of the automobile brought with it gas stations, roads, garages, mechanics, and a thousand other subsidiary details.
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I'm definitely looking forward to doing a film one day with more female actors.
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Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.
