Carroll Quigley Quotes
The instrument of expansion of Classical civilization was a social organization, slavery.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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I was suddenly really famous, and I didn't know how to cope. I didn't know myself well enough as a person, number one, and as an actor, number two. I wanted to escape.
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Nobuddy ever listened t' reason on a empty stomach.
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Prithee don’t screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
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Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said,'Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry.'
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Stanford University is so startlingly paradisial, so fragrant and sunny, it's as if you could eat from the trees and live happily forever.
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We all have a past; it's just that my past is out there for all to see.
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My brother was 13 when people started telling me that he was a 'hipster.' I was 11 and thought it was so stressful, like, 'How do you not be called that?'
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The simple life on the farm was everything to me. Nothing was more relaxing after a long plane flight than to reach the winding driveway that led up to my house. The quiet of the night was more soothing than a sleeping pill.
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I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.
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I've been looking to do TV for a while. I've always done guest starring stuff. I've done a couple of multi-episode arcs, and I've always loved the experience.
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And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done.
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I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun.
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When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat.
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When I do train heavy, it's typically one to two days a week, but the training I do just about on a daily basis is Pilates-based.
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When I wear jeans I want to look like a man, not a child.
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Once I really got into securities fraud prosecutions, I came to realize how central they were to the maintenance of a free market and how, in many ways, they are far more important to the welfare of our society than many of the more sensational criminal cases that one hears about.
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Birthdays are getting harder as I get older.
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My family's so happy in Tuscaloosa. My wife loves it.
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I read something once that when you're online, your inhibitions are lowered to the state where you've had three drinks. Once you basically know that the entire internet is slightly drunk, it all makes a lot more sense, and you deport yourself accordingly.
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Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.
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I am a woman, and I am Jewish; I'm a film-maker, and I'm a writer, so you cannot just put me in one box.
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The whole question of God and what God is, and whether it's a blond guy with a beard, I don't know... I don't know that. Do I believe that there's something greater at work than the sum of humanity? Yeah, I think so.
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The instrument of expansion of Classical civilization was a social organization, slavery.
