Thomas Sowell Quotes
Benedict Arnold was a war hero, wounded in battle--before he turned against his country. Hitler was likewise a decorated and wounded veteran of the First World War. Being a war hero is not a lifetime...exemption...from responsibility for what you do thereafter.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!
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The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
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I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.
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I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.
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If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
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What resonates culturally with me about Japanese style is that it is very covered up but very sensual.
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Far too many people, especially within evangelicalism, think that the individual is all that matters, and that the corporate dimension is a distraction or diversion. Of course Christianity is deeply personal for every single Christian; nobody gets lost in the kingdom of God. But you can't play that off against the corporate dimension.
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That's the great thing about Apple: it's very focused on the things that we know how to do very well and not try to extend ourselves to areas that we know very little about or don't have a lot of expertise in.
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Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.
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I just like the themes it's exploring. In the way my character says, 'I want us to become brothers again, like we used to be.' I really like that line, and it means a lot to me. I just find there's a lot of things like that in this movie that have that feeling. There's stuff that feels exhilarating.
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Raw hatred took its time making an outpost of its rage and prepared for me a savage crown with rusty, bloodstained spikes. It wasn't pride that made me keep my heart at a distance from such terror, nor did I waste on revenge or the pursuit of power the forces that came from my selfish griefs or my accumulated joys. It was something else-my helplessness.
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Of all the events which constitute a person's biography, there is scarcely one - none, certainly, of anything like a similar importance - to which the world so easily reconciles itself as to his death.
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Benedict Arnold was a war hero, wounded in battle--before he turned against his country. Hitler was likewise a decorated and wounded veteran of the First World War. Being a war hero is not a lifetime...exemption...from responsibility for what you do thereafter.
