John Stuart Mill Quotes

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

John Stuart Mill

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Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.

Jennifer Chiaverini

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I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus.

Michael Graves

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I always have confidence, whether I miss four in a row or make four in a row, that the next one's going in. To a coach, sometimes that might not make sense.

Stephen Curry

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The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.

Stephen Hawking

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The old adage is, 'Write what you know.' But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, 'Write what you want to know.'

Julia Glass

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Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

Josh Billings

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I know what I want to look like. I don't want to look trashy. I want mothers to be able to look at me and not have to close their kids' eyes!

Jordin Sparks

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I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case.

Dennis Farina

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Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.

Christopher Guest

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I hear what they're saying. I ask my English tutor, 'What is this word 'tinkerer?''

Claudio Ranieri

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I don't watch 'American Idol' - that'd be like getting divorced from somebody and then hanging out with them.

Brian Dunkleman

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I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I'm working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don't really know.

Bob Odenkirk

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