M. Stanton Evans Quotes
If inequalities of taxable wealth backing up a government service are construed as denying equality before the law, then there is no solution but to have every government service whatever financed out of Washington.
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Everything always looked better in black and white. Everything always looked as if it were the first time; there's always more people in a black and white photograph. It just makes it seem that there were more people at a gig, more people at a football match, than with colour photography. Everything looks more exciting.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.
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Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
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Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.
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I've been told I'm out of my mind since I was 11.
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I speak French, and I grew up with French, so my English is Franglais.
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Evil may mar the divine image and cloud its brilliance, but it cannot destroy it.
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Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.
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To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.
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If inequalities of taxable wealth backing up a government service are construed as denying equality before the law, then there is no solution but to have every government service whatever financed out of Washington.
