Alexander Fraser Tytler Quotes
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefit from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship, and then a monarchy.Alexander Fraser Tytler
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When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.
Barbara Taylor Bradford -
Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
Dana Carvey -
When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read.
Vince Flynn -
You learn in this business: It you want a friend, get a dog.
Carl Icahn -
Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
Ted Yoho -
David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect.
Laura Dern
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A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again.
Sam Worthington -
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that God, now, is about to establish a kingdom on this earth, based upon brotherhood and peace. And the white man is against brotherhood, and the white man is against peace.
Malcolm X -
I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!
Garth Brooks -
I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.'
Octavia Spencer -
In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.
Yayoi Kusama -
You know, grieve your wife, this is an impulsive thing and you have no idea the kind of trouble you're getting yourself into it. And of course he doesn't listen to me and he adopts this child.
Oliver Platt
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There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.
Harrison Birtwistle -
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
Indira Gandhi -
I'm very serious about acting.
Victor Garber -
I'm at peace with my family, my friends, myself and God so there's really nothing else that I worry about.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I like it – but to talk about it years later is not logical to me.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement.
Tammy Bruce
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Federal law should hold organizations like the League of Women Voters harmless if they make good-faith mistakes while registering people.
Adam Cohen -
We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.
Annalee Newitz -
I'll be as strong as I need to be.
S. D. Perry -
I came from a very corporate environment, but my own style is quite approachable, warm, and very detail oriented.
Aerin Lauder -
Which arrow flies for ever? The arrow that has hit its mark.
Vladimir Nabokov -
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefit from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship, and then a monarchy.
Alexander Fraser Tytler