Thomas Sowell Quotes
What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to someone else, in order to gain campaign contributions and win votes.
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Making films is my hobby. It relaxes me; it is my life, and it's one of the best jobs in the world. I go to work and solve problems, fight robots, kill aliens, and kiss beautiful women. I'm a very lucky man.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight and disgust and fear and anger.
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I see Earth! It is so beautiful!
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What's to gain by silence?
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There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.
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I don't think I can be too hard on myself.
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Black girls, I feel, rock, in so many ways, especially coming from five girls.
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I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.
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No one knows what an amazing spirit she was. She wasn't only a mother; she was a best friend.
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I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together.
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Publishers, naturally, loathe used books and have developed strategies to depress the secondhand market. They bring out new, even more expensive editions of popular textbooks every three to four years, in a classic cycle of planned obsolescence.
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People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but it's no sadder, really, than spending any other day alone, is it?
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Music's something you feel. You have to feel it first before you hear it.
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I want to paint Montreal as a rather fantastic city, which it was, because nobody knows today what it was like. And I'm one of the last survivors, or rapidly becoming one.
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Teach your children or your grandchildren Chinese. It is going to be the most important language of their lifetimes.
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Despite the occasional high decibel level, 'The Group' is not a shout fest. I don't simply want panelists with opposing opinions trying to out-shout one another.
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I think, traditionally, when the federal government has gathered statistics, it's been done in silos, so every agency really focuses on the statistics that are important to agency.
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Earlier in my career, fans weren't a big consideration for me.
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Growth in love comes from a place of absence, where the imagination is left to it’s own devices and creates you to be much more then reality would ever allow.
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I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.
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Smart recessionary marketing means not waiting for business to return to normal. Instead, you should cash in on this invaluable opportunity your more cautious competitors may be creating for you. If they pull back, your media investment works much harder.
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What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to someone else, in order to gain campaign contributions and win votes.
