Thomas Sowell Quotes
The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
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I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.
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Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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I was pampered by all my father's directors and producers during childhood. But at home, my father made sure I led a normal life.
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It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish … to do otherwise is to legitimize it.
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No one can buy his share of 'clean air' in the market; one has to use communal mechanisms in order to deal with pollution.
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Whenever I hear you saying, rise and shine, rise and shine, it makes me think how lucky dead people are!
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Just Cause: Learn not to contradict your father in anything; nor by calling him Iapetus, to reproach him with the ills of age, by which you were reared in your infancy. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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Quotation, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
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I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.
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I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.
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That's why I love theatre, because things happen in the moment. I think you work without being conscious that you're working.
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Maybe with your emotions and your feelings, someone else can say it in a different way than you would, which brings new life to the way you might sing it.
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Mumbling priests swinging stick cans on their chains and even witch doctors conjuring up curses with a well-buried elephant tooth have a better sense of their places in the world. They know this universe is brimming with magic, with life and riddles and ironies. They know that the world might eat them, and no encyclopedia could stop it.
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I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.
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I've been recording since 1993. It was a hobby for six of those years. In 1999, I decided to do it full time and take it seriously.
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Our lives are in God's hands. We have no control. We can't control Him by using the Bible or cross as a good luck charm without a thorough reformation of heart and life.
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Laughter and bitterness are often the veils with which a sore heart wraps its weakness from the world.
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The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good.
