Thomas Sowell Quotes
Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.
Quotes to Explore
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional.
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Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.
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From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
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I don't go by trends. I wear what I am comfortable in and what suits me. It is never about what is 'in' and what is 'out'. My personal sense of style spells 'comfort'.
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I am an urban vegan. I love the glossy pages of 'Vogue,' even though I won't purchase the leather shoes and bags I see there, and being reminded that the fur trade even exists breaks my heart.
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If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.
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I don't have children that I've lost in a bitter custody dispute. But I see an enormous wound in kids due to a lack of their dads.
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Every major technological step forward has profoundly changed human society - that's how we know they're major, even if we don't always realise it at the time. Farming created cities. Writing, followed eventually by printing, vastly increased the preservation and transmission of cultural information across time and space.
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It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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Public interest is a very unruly horse.
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Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible.
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My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.
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Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.
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I'm a fast and impatient dresser, so I can't dress myself up for too long. I don't even need a lot of makeup, so I'm usually ready in about half an hour.
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To me, the fashion and architecture I like are very closely linked. Both should be clean and simple and without embellishment.
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I've actually enjoyed my time in L.A. more than a New Yorker is supposed to.
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You have to remember that for more than half my life - probably until my children were born - acting was everything to me. I was obsessed by it, and I spent so much time just trying to get to the point where I was being paid to do it. Literally, I spent every waking moment thinking about acting.
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Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.
