Anthony Lewis Quotes
A final argument for broad freedom of expression is its effect on the character of individuals in a society. Citizens in a free society must have courage — the courage to hear not only unwelcome political speech but novel and shocking ideas in science and the arts.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.
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Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
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I've never been on a date.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
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I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
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I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.
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You can do more, you can always do more.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
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The message of 'Star Trek,' if there is one, seems to be that we should try to live up to the very best that we're capable of.
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If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.
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Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take pains to claim, 'This is an investment.' Let us recognize charity for what it is at heart: a noble enterprise aimed at bettering the human condition.
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Women are not automatically second-class citizens because they live in Islamic countries. We cannot judge the position of women in Islam aright if we take the most conservative Islamic states as representative of the whole.
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The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not essential.
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A final argument for broad freedom of expression is its effect on the character of individuals in a society. Citizens in a free society must have courage — the courage to hear not only unwelcome political speech but novel and shocking ideas in science and the arts.
