Lysander Spooner Quotes
A man's 'original and natural right' to make all contracts that are 'intrinsically obligatory,' and to coerce the fulfillment of them, is one of the most valuable and indispensable of all human possessions.
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Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.
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I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
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The biggest ambition in my career is still to win the European Cup. I want to have a picture of that to look at later; I want to have that medal. You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says: 'I won more money.'
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Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.
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I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.
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I've never seen 'Gone with the Wind.' I don't know if that's something to be embarrassed about, but I know that I should have seen that movie by now.
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I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
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There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.
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A man of truth must also be a man of care.
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My music is not modern, it is merely badly played
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I think what happens is that some writers, who are so great in television or whatever, once they become successful, they get out of the loop of real life. It's real hard to draw on something to write.
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I don't use any of the terminology like 'left wing' and 'right wing.' I use language like 'godly' and 'holiness.'
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I think I've been quite lucky in that I haven't had to make too many changes to myself. Obviously, there have been adaptations and things that I've altered, but I haven't changed completely. I've stayed myself.
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Hopefully, we will get more and more people interested in doing research in space. I think eventually it's also going to be a great commercial market.
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It's one thing to change regulations on the city level, another on the state, and still another on the federal. The higher the levels are, the more difficult change gets.
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I'm always looking for something different to do at the gym.
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To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.
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You’re bigger than the toys. We are always bigger than the things we make. Put them away. Make something new with your life, with your own mind and hands.
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A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possesses at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I've had dialogues with my dead mother over the 40 years since she died.
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A man's 'original and natural right' to make all contracts that are 'intrinsically obligatory,' and to coerce the fulfillment of them, is one of the most valuable and indispensable of all human possessions.
