Thomas Sowell Quotes
You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis.

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Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
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The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
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I stopped watching horror movies after I watched 'Candyman' when I was – I don't know, fifteen or something. I remember my sister rented it, 'Candyman,' and it really, really scared me. And so it was only after I found myself in a horror film that I really went back and kind of rediscovered the genre.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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I love making lists.
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You're not going to have something set on a council estate that explores all elements of human existence, the variety of experience inherent in any community.
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Being a father is just wonderful.
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Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together.
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I'm one of the luckiest people on earth.
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I'm not an actor because I want my picture taken. I'm an actor because I want to be part of the human exchange.
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Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
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Furnishing a home is no different than going into the studio and making music. You want to make sure you've pared down all the extra details so that in the end, every stitch has a context uniquely yours.
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I wasn't a vegan when I came to Congress. It was a decision I made soon after I got here, and it's had such a positive impact on my life that I decided to try to help others as well.
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I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.
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That's a lovely starting point for me as an actor: the question of what will we - or can we - do with this lot of years with which we're blessed? More than my other films, 'The Danish Girl' is about the gigantic risks involved in being true to one's self.
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Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You don't have American science versus Canadian science versus Japanese science.
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I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
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It is with great pleasure that I see the political system of almost every power in Europe changing in our favor since the news of our late successes.
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You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis.