Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.
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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.
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I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.
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As a successful romantic novelist - one of my publishers is Mills & Boon - I create the sort of male heroes that no woman could fail to adore and few real men could hope to emulate.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
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If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.
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Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.
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The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.
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For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people.
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The voices of fear are so loud today. The voices of love should never shout, but neither should they whisper - not at a time like this.
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To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
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A human being at rest runs on 90 watts. That's how much power you need just to lie down. And if you're a hunter-gatherer and you live in the Amazon, you'll need about 250 watts. That's how much energy it takes to run about and find food.
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I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
