John Stuart Mill Quotes

The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.

John Stuart Mill

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TruthExperienceMenAlwaysOver

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock

NatureSeaSkyMountainWoodsLearn

I was honored to have an opportunity to speak on August 28th, 1963.

John Lewis

OpportunitySpeakHonoredAugust

Most of the money I make now comes from investments from CrunchFund. And the vast majority of that is what's called carried interest.

Michael Arrington

MoneyNowInterestMajorityMost

I'm just a living witness that you can be an imperfect soldier and still be in the army fighting for God Almighty. Don't you think you got to be perfect 'cause I ain't.

Steve Harvey

GodThinkFightingArmyYouPerfect

I'm almost exclusively interested in what happens behind closed doors, between people. The removal of their public face.

Steven Shainberg

PeopleFaceDoorsAlmostHappens

My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of the continent.

Tommy Douglas

PeopleWorldLookDreamCanadaTop

You have two choices, two paths to take as a comedian. You can tackle the difficult subjects and be harsh about it, be brash, be abrasive. But adding hatred to racism is not going to help everybody. So I like to have fun around it.

Trevor Noah

RacismFunHave FunChoicesHelp

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play; you have to get rid of all those internal censors that we adults have, the things that say, 'Don't go there, that's not allowed.'

Monica Ali

CreativeCuriousWritingYouPlay

There's no real road map to L.A. Everyone's journey is different. You have to persevere and be willing to put everything in it. You have to stick it out. I don't really have a safety net, but what I do is put myself in the best possible position to succeed by working hard. Also, be careful who you let into your life.

Christopher Egan

LifeJourneyMyselfBestSafetyYou

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!

William Pitt

PatriotismI AmAmericanDownNever

I never do a full outline, and if I did, I would not feel bound to it, because the view from inside a scene can be different from the view outside it. But neither do I just start writing and see what happens; I am far more disciplined than that.

Piers Anthony

I AmWritingStartBe DifferentView

I always want to live long enough to finish the book I'm working on and see it published. But then I start another book before the previous one is in the stores, so I always have a reason to go on.

Phyllis A. Whitney

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