Thomas Sowell Quotes
France has never gotten over the fact that it was once a great power and is now just a great nuisance.
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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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Many Americans who have suffered during a recession have had to cut their spending 1 percent, and they didn't like doing it, but they were able to do it to get their family's finances back in order.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.
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I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep.
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Life is much too serious to be taken seriously.
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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.
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I don't think I ever wore pants on 'Reno 911!' and I was on it about five times.
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The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.
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It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.
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Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing music from the streets onto the radio and into modern culture, I worked very hard and always believed in the sounds I was creating.
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There's this moment happening in our culture where the power of the audience and the influence that people of color have is undeniable at this point.
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France has never gotten over the fact that it was once a great power and is now just a great nuisance.
