Thomas Sowell Quotes
Life has many good things. The problem is that most of these good things can be gotten only by sacrificing other good things. We all recognize this in our daily lives. It is only in politics that this simple, common sense fact is routinely ignored.
Quotes to Explore
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
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Our entire film fraternity should be proud of 'Baahubali.' These are the kind of films that are not made very often.
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I miss particularly the managing editor role on the 'Evening News.'
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We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
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All are my friends. I have no enemies.
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Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do.
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Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends – well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.
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Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.
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I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell.
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The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.
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I keep three hoes, But don't'call me Santa
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One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and confessing Him as Lord. We have made two experiences of it, but the New Testament makes them one.
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It is often too late by the time the government reacts.
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Life has many good things. The problem is that most of these good things can be gotten only by sacrificing other good things. We all recognize this in our daily lives. It is only in politics that this simple, common sense fact is routinely ignored.
