Samuel Butler Quotes
Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from within the society, who understand much better than the people who come from overseas. We will get a much better insight.
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No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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I did an album a long time ago called 'Replicas,' which was entirely science-fiction driven, or science-fantasy. Since then it's been a song here, a song there. It's not really a constant theme. I've written far more about my problems with religion, with God and all that.
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The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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I wouldn't ever do a radio edit because I feel like it would totally go against the point of 'Follow Your Arrow.' I just think you're going to like it or not like it.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.
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The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.
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If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
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If you're a sponsor, and you're doing business globally, to bring your guests to South Florida is pretty nice.
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As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.
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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
