Thomas Sowell Quotes
As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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I would say 'American Werewolf in London' is like an unconventional buddy movie: even if the buddy dies 20 minutes in, he still remains throughout the picture, and their partnership is one of the best things in the movie.
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When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.
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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.
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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
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Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.
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I just want to prove that I am really good at something. And I haven't quite done that yet - at least not to myself. I know I could ride so much better, with more ease, with more finesse. I feel I'm nowhere near as good as I should be.
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You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
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I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of sitting on my sofa and watching other people's moments.
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He who does Christ's work must stay with Christ always.
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Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere.
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The martyrdom of Lalaji has shaken the Congressmen. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is planning something solid to be presented for adoption in the coming session of the Congress, but I am not sure if he would be able to do something.
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Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to the widespread death and chaos of an apocalyptic event.
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The desire for attention has become a primal need along the lines of food, water, and clothing.
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You can be in love and raise a family wonderfully by not being married, but actually, marriage does give us a strength, because it's quite hard to get out of, and so it makes us fight more to keep it together. If divorce becomes dead easy - which it sort of has - then we don't have that backup. Because, for everybody, relationships are hard.
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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.
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I came back to Philips and quickly realised that the TV business had a major performance issue and some structural challenges. Rather than try to tweak it and sit things out, we said we had to go for a structural solution.
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If it's a good part in a good movie, I'll do it.
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My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
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I'm seventy-six now. I'm at a stage in my life where I feel a lot of affection and regard for women, and I felt the need to make this clear in some way. I don't know how they'll feel when they read it, but I feel okay about it.
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I have always loved fashion because it's a great way to express your mood. And I'm definitely a shoe lover. The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself. A woman can wear confidence on her feet with a high stiletto, or slip into weekend comfort with a soft ballet flat.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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Above all else, align with customers. Win when they win. Win only when they win.
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As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control.
