Albert J. Nock Quotes
Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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Life is neither comedy or tragedy, life is what you make of it.
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I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
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A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.
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Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.
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Well of all things in the world, I don't suppose anything can be so dreadful as a public wedding--my stars!--I should never be able to support it!
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As I wrote more I became more critical of myself and I think that you have to be your harshest judge. I don't ever believe that what I write is my best work. I always think that I can hone it. I can always think that I can make it a little bit better.
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I played point guard my whole life.
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We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.
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Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.