Adam Smith Quotes
There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
Quotes to Explore
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
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I think that I am seeing the Internet and seeing technology take and seeing how the work I do through music directly affects people's lives better than any politician I've ever met.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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Homosexuals are riding high in the media.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.
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I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years.
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I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor.
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I want to be the best.
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Adaptation to one's environment makes for a sort of survival; but after all, the supreme victory is only won by those who prove themselves of so much hardier stuff than the rest that no power on earth is able to destroy them. The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
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I always feel like sugar cubes aren't big enough.
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There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
