Thomas Sowell Quotes
All justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust?
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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I don't think there is much American music.
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New York has an amazing history of farming and fishing that goes right back to the Pilgrim Fathers. At its core are the four seasons, which are distinct, well-established and similar to those in Lyon, where my family lives: when it's snowing in New York, a week later it will be snowing there.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it.
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I'm addicted to the hotel life. It's humbling and fly at the same time.
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Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.
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As an Indian, I would like to back my government.
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I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
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Are we disheartened by the breakup of the family? Nobody who ever met my family is.
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… the ego's need to be periodically in conflict with something or someone in order to strengthen its sense of separation between me and the other, without which it cannot survive.
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You actually can’t understand American history without understanding slavery.
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I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren’t.
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Disciples do owe their masters only a temporary belief, and a suspension of their own judgment till they be fully instructed.
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Every single one of us already has everything we need to be the happiest person on earth; it's simply up to us to remember that in every moment.
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The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold.
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My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.
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Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse to see some people, paint and write. Get scared some more. Allow your little mind to do nothing but function. Stay inside, go out - I don't care what you'll do; but stay scared as hell. You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.
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All justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust?
