Thomas Sowell Quotes
All things are the same except for the differences, and different except for the similarities.
Quotes to Explore
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
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Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I don't have no corporate backing. I don't have no major distribution.
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I go to correctional facilities and talk to kids there. They have little kids in there who are, like, 12 years old, stealing cars and stuff like that.
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What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'
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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.
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I love to see new things, and I love to learn. I always learn so much when I travel - that's the best thing.
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It’s hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness.
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The knowledge of reality, achieved by means of the complete sensory equipment, must be expressed artistically in terms of a medium which appeals to the memory of all sensory experience - but only through the eye.
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Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary.
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Everyone knows that there are some odors that send you directly back to memories of your childhood - odors from Christmas time and so forth.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I'm greedy for work, and at times, I wish a month had more days, or the day had more number of hours, so that I could work more. I'm happy to be busy.
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I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.
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I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.
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All things are the same except for the differences, and different except for the similarities.
