Thomas Sowell Quotes
Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.
Quotes to Explore
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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A good leader must be fair.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
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The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
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Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.
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Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
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It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
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I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem.
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The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence.
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People are beginning to realize that it's important that we see animals in a natural state - but through film, through video, through documentaries, at wildlife preserves, and through other humanely protected ways, which don't involve... performing for us.
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We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.
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A Sonnet is a moment's monument,-Memorial from the Soul's eternityTo one dead deathless hour.
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Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.
