Thomas Sowell Quotes
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.
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I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.
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If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.
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I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.
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I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?
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When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were opened, and I understood for the first time that it wasn't personal. All that rejection wasn't personal.
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Flash content is the most prolific content on the web today; it is the way people express themselves on the Internet.
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I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.
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I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.
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In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.
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Television was essentially my college.
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Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.
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The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy.
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But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
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I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it.
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I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth
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I lived on Fulton Street in an enormous studio - I needed a bicycle to get to the toilet, about half a mile between two streets - next to Wall Street.
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Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father.
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His own enjoyment, or his own ease, was, in every particular, his ruling principle.
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Sandwiches are wonderful. You don't need a spoon or a plate!
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Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.
