Thomas Sowell Quotes
Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.
Thomas Sowell
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Queen Rania of Jordan
When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
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If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
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As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me.
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I loved a lot of different kinds of music, but for my own thing, I went for the singer-songwriters.
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Patti Scialfa
The first time I did a show, I definitely didn't get any money. My friend just let me do this show. I was so nervous: my mic didn't work, and I was like, 'Urgh.' It was terrible. It was a dingy club off of the highway, but all these people came. It was packed out.
Kali Uchis
If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music.
Christo
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Dan Schulman
I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.
Judy Blume
A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.
Emily Giffin
Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
William Cowper
My brain doesn't like to be quiet.
Dan Fogler
Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.
Thomas Sowell
