Thomas Sowell Quotes
Freedom is unlikely to be lost all at once and openly. It is far more likely to be eroded away, bit by bit, amid glittering promises and expressions of noble ideals.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
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I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.
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I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'.
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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.
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Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode my bike, and when I was younger, I rode my skateboard.
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Perverts the Prophets and purloins the Psalms.
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The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books.
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If you look where kids are spending time on the Net, they may have all the information in the world, but they're not accessing it.
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O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
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Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus.
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There was never a shred, never a hint, never a possibility - not a remote, not a million-, not a billion-to-one possibility - I could have planted anything. Nor would I have a reason to.
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Natalia Vodianova is a model who always did it right. She was able to just put her personality out there, and I try to do that all the time.
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My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that is the Olympics of acting.
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Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness.
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Go where he will, the wise man is at home, His hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome.
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Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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In the aftermath of the oh-so-predictable crash, the Bitcoin fanatics have begun marshaling out excuse after excuse for why this non-investment investment lost so much of its value so fast. One was that hackers attacked some of the exchanges for Bitcoins and crippled it. Really? A hacker can wreck an entire market?
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Freedom is unlikely to be lost all at once and openly. It is far more likely to be eroded away, bit by bit, amid glittering promises and expressions of noble ideals.
