Thomas Sowell Quotes
The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority: Re-election is.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.
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Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
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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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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.
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There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.
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Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.
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I laugh about it all the time, but, for whatever reason, a lot of people think that I wear a wig. I get emails and tweets about people commenting on my hair being a wig. It's one of the strangest but most entertaining things I've read about myself online.
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And if I'm being honest, I don't think I have an ex-boyfriend who would have something mean to say about me.
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Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.
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Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.
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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
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The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.
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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 am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.
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The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet.
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The original idea before Mint was a life and goal planning system I called Carpe Viva. The idea was that all of life's goals, from buying a house, getting an MBA, or learning Spanish could be quantified in both time and money.
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Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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The Democrats smell blood and don't want to be told that it's their own.
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Reason is intuition's servant.
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Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.
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The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority: Re-election is.
