Lysander Spooner Quotes
The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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For everyday clothes, I love North Face and Rohan, and for smarter options, I like Whistles and Agnes b on Marylebone High Street.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.
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I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
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Liberals consider people to be nuisances.
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We wanted a supporting cast that would appeal to Baby Boomers who grew up in the fifties.
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I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
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Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.
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No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.
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The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.
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He Giovanni Ardini, Italian master-carver opened up a new vista for me of the quality of form, light, and colour contained in the Mediterranean conception of carving.
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Die Pflicht der Kantianer verhält sich zu dem Gebot der Ehre, der Stimme des Berufs und der Gottheit in uns, wie die getrocknete Pflanze zur frischen Blume am lebenden Stamme.
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The plant laboratories in which this wonderful and vitally essential transformation is effected are chiefly located in the leaf of the plant... the thoughtful person must regard this structure-the most ordinary green leaf of tree or shrub or vine or the tiniest blade of grass-as in some respects the most wonderful thing in the world.
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I've done a lot of that kind of work before, anyway, and I was in good hands.
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'Cockneys vs. Zombies' does exactly what it says on the tin.
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That's always something that's really important for an actor - to find an opportunity to do a scene where there is a moment like that, where you manage to connect with everyone.
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I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me.
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Most of the dramatism in Wagner comes from a very close link between the music and the language of the text. So much of the expressivity of Wagner's music dramas comes from the singers' capacity to play with the sound of the language. This kind of thing you can do very well in concert performance.
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If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.
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The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.
