Thomas Sowell Quotes
Too many policies, programs and institutions are judged by what they are supposed to do, rather than by what they actually do and the consequences of their actions.
Quotes to Explore
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I've never been fired in my life.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.
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To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.
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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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The desire to explain what is simple by what is complex, what is easy by what is difficult, is a calamity affecting the whole body of science, known, it is true, to men of insight, but not generally admitted.
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In order to reverse the maternal health crisis for black women in the U.S., we need concrete policies from our leaders and better protocols from hospitals.
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In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.
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Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.
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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the U.S. than me.
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I'd like to do a number of films. Westerns. Genre pieces. Maybe another film about Italian Americans where they're not gangsters, just to prove that not all Italians are gangsters.
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The Army's always had a special place in my heart.
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You continue to build and work on new things, and continue to beat offensive linemen, week in and week out.
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I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about turning 60 yet, but so many of my friends have celebrated it by now that it's lost its terror. And I don't mind being 58; it's just such a surprise when one doesn't feel it at all.
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I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.
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I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
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The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.
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It's not leadership by position that allows people to succeed; it's the capacity to influence the thoughts, the feelings, the emotions, and the actions of other human beings.
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Too many policies, programs and institutions are judged by what they are supposed to do, rather than by what they actually do and the consequences of their actions.
