Thomas Sowell Quotes
Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.
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When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.
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We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.
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I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.
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I'm very candid.
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As chief elections officer, it's my job to protect the integrity of the ballot.
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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.
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I started when I was really young. I was playing with my dad when I was 8 or 9, and I started playing shows then. I had a short stint in a DIY all-girl punk cover band.
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I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.
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It was cool to meet Cris Carter. That dude has some of the best hands to have played the game.
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There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.
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So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
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Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.
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I must take issue with the term 'a mere child', for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.
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Eventually, when I sell enough units, as they say in the record business, I will stop touring. I'll concentrate on what I like to do... stay in the studio.
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I love comic book movies, and Marvel Comics obviously are the best.
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If we want to be proud to be from a country like America and all the things that we hang our hats on, like diversity, equality, land of the free and home of the brave, it's everybody's responsibility to ensure that everyone in the country is being afforded the same rights.
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I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.
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One of many strengths that I often see in successful women on Wall Street is a responsible balance between risk taking and risk mitigation - the ability to assess situations smartly and make the right medium-to-long-term decisions without being lured into reckless, short-term profit-taking.
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For about 150 days a year in Venice, the sun doesn't show through the mist until noon.
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I've always liked to go down a different path. Being a woman of color, I never followed a cookie cutter way.
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Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.
