Thomas Sowell Quotes
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I've done some really weird gigs. The ones where no one turned up - they're probably not the interesting ones to talk about. I played some pretty random ones in L.A. I signed to play all-R&B nights or an all-comedy night where I'd be the only white person there. They were fun.
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When you're starting a new business, you don't need to know much about it. A lot of the work is blocking and tackling - it's the same type of stuff no matter what sector you're in.
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Everybody has their own story - it's who you are. If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am!
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I don't go to places where I'm going to get mobbed.
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The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.
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I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.
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I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.
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You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.
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Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.
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I'm not f-ing Justin Bieber, you motherf-ers!
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That's my responsibility. Obviously we wanted to be much more productive than what we were in the playoffs. We always each year try and look real hard at everything, and that'll be one of the things we look real hard at is, offensively, how can we do a better job.
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But for the time being and this will run through today and tomorrow and maybe through the weekend.
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Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die. Some say he’s still out there, bidin’ his time, like, but I don’ believe it.
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There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory.
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We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
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It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setback. They are champions because they've been hurt. Their experience moved them, and they pulled out this fighting spirit, making them what they are. Sometimes in life, God gives us a difficulty in order to bring out the fighting spirit. Everything that happens to you can happen for good if you have this spirit. The essential thing in life is not in the conquering, but in the fight.
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I felt like they were frustrated and they have a reason to be frustrated. Things didn't happen for them and it's a frustrating thing for these young kids.
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I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I don't feel as a musician you can steer too far away from what you normally do.
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I think that trade is an important issue. Of course, we are 5 percent of the world's population; we have to trade with the other 95 percent. And we need to have smart, fair trade deals.
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I see myself as a problem solver, creating solutions.
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Creativity is the process of sensing problems or gaps in information, then identifying the difficulties and seeking solutions through trial and error or through forming hypotheses.
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There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.
