Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

Egalite is an expression of envy. It means, in the real heart of every Republican, ' No one shall be better off than I am;' and while this is preferred to good government, good government is impossible.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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• Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.

  

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• I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.

  

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• I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.

  

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• As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.

  

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• I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.

  

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• I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.

  

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• What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.

  

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• I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.

  

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• Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.

  

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• The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

  

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• For a woman to consider a financial question was shuddered over as a profanity.

  

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• I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!'

  

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• We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.

  

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• If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.

  

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• I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.

  

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• It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.

  

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• I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate.

  

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• And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.

  

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• Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.

  

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• Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.

  

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• Egalite is an expression of envy. It means, in the real heart of every Republican, ' No one shall be better off than I am;' and while this is preferred to good government, good government is impossible.

  

  Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Government
  • Envy
  • Republican