Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them.
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I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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We are very luck to be women, so even if we're wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra - I like that.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
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Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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Children in early adolescence tend to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences and that adolescents with disorganized families, such as the complainant, are even more prone to such behavior.
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All the appreciation I have been receiving has been very encouraging. It pushes me to do better.
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It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.
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I'm a baby. I sleep like a baby - I'm up every two hours. And I think a lot. I worry a lot. I have great nights of no sleep where ideas come.
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I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up.
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Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them.
