Thomas Sowell Quotes
The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.
Quotes to Explore
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
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I'm curvy.
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I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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I like all things natural, and I love being Indian. So clothes-wise, I love wearing Indian. Does my wearing a salwar kameez instead of a dress make me less of an actor, less of a person?
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In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared.
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Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep, and every weakness is dissected.
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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I think it's so important to feed your brain you know. Sometimes you've just got to read.
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When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.
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I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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I do my job like I breathe.
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When I was a kid, I loved 'Little Women.'
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In my older age, I've learned to take things slower, because I used to be that total-fall-in-love-after-a-day guy.
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One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to the power.
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I'm a little untidy, and my favorite color is gray, and I'm always scurrying around in a panic.
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I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
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Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.
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Human beings have fabricated the illusion that in the 21st century they have the technological prowess to be independent of nature. Bees underline the reality that we are more, not less, dependent on nature’s services in a world of close to seven billion people.
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The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.
