Adam Smith Quotes
This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and powerful, and to despise or, at least, neglect persons of poor and mean conditions, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.
Quotes to Explore
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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The thing about Drew Goddard and Mike Schur is that they are legit geniuses, and they love storytelling. They love creating worlds, love messing with the audience; they love doing things that we don't expect. To get to be a part of that is too good to be true.
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Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - the first album I ever bought was 'A Star is Born' with Kris Kristofferson.
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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights.
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I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.
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Yoga is not a religion to me.
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I'm incredibly proud of everything that we've achieved in Busted. We've enjoyed some of the best times in our lives together.
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This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and powerful, and to despise or, at least, neglect persons of poor and mean conditions, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.
