Lysander Spooner Quotes
Martyrdom is evidence only of a man's honesty - it is no evidence that he is not mistaken. Men have suffered martyrdom for all sorts of opinions in politics and in religion; yet they could not therefore have all been in the right; although they could give no stronger evidence that they believed themselves in the right.Lysander Spooner
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
Rand Paul -
Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
Adam Lamberg -
There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink.
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite -
I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
Tallulah Bankhead -
Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
Imelda Staunton -
I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
Sam Smith
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
Camilla Luddington -
Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
Karen Salmansohn -
AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
Yusuf Hamied -
Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
M. Esther Harding -
Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.
Dan Farmer -
All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
Rachel Bilson
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
Patricia Clarkson -
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
Quentin Crisp -
People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
Pat Paulsen -
What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
Garth Brooks -
I'm the opposite of those writers who believe that my work is sacrosanct and cannot be touched.
Vikas Swarup -
To see that 180, it feels like the biggest backstab that you could possibly feel.
Marlon Jackson The Jacksons
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Men's minds must be free, and that means the minds of all, not the minds of a select few.
Mary Barnett Gilson -
I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It's amazing. They don't see any stigma attached to it. We don't need a man to prove our identity anymore.
Erica Jong -
Some of my best friends are gay guys, and they said, "You're so straight, we're not interested."
Jon Bon Jovi -
In order that we finite beings may apprehend the Emporer He translates His glory into multiple forms - into stars, woods, waters, beasts, and the bodies of men.
C. S. Lewis -
Martyrdom is evidence only of a man's honesty - it is no evidence that he is not mistaken. Men have suffered martyrdom for all sorts of opinions in politics and in religion; yet they could not therefore have all been in the right; although they could give no stronger evidence that they believed themselves in the right.
Lysander Spooner