John Stuart Mill Quotes

The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.

John Stuart Mill

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HumanStandingAdvancementCustom

I live very well, but I support a lot of relatives.

Joan Rivers

LiveSupportRelativesWellVery

If you're smart enough to go to college, you should be smart and creative enough to pay for it.

Jesse Ventura

CreativeSmartCollegeEnoughYou

I'm inspired by films from the early '50s, especially Jean Simmons in 'The Clouded Yellow' - and by vintage swing, psychobilly gigs, sea shanties, and English folklore.

Maxine Peake

SeaYellowVintageEarlySwingGigs

Losing a home sends families to shelters, abandoned houses, and the street.

Matthew Desmond

HomeLosingStreetAbandonedHouses

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.

Steven Wright

BusinessTimePeopleLaughSerious

I grew up in a family of peasants, and it was there that I saw the way that, for example, our wheat fields suffered as a result of dust storms, water erosion and wind erosion; I saw the effect of that on life - on human life.

Mikhail Gorbachev

LifeFamilyWaterWindResultWay

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

Marvin Gaye

LoveHateWarConquerAnswerOnly

DCGS is hard to learn. It takes a long time. You have to use it all the time, which means it's not a simple technology that people are used to and can buy off the shelf today. And frankly, it doesn't do what it's touted to do. That's why you see units out on the battlefield asking for very similar things.

Michael T. Flynn

TechnologyTodayTimeSimplePeople

I have known George W. Bush slightly since we were both in high school, and I studied him closely as governor. He is neither mean nor stupid. What we have here is a man shaped by three intertwining strands of Texas culture, combined with huge blinkers of class. The three Texas themes are religiosity, anti-intellectualism, and machismo.

Molly Ivins

CultureManSchoolStupidTexas

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

Jules Renard

HeartBrainSocialismReachDown

All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.

Josh Peck

GreatMomentMemoryFreeEnoughYou

The 20th century is a period defined by cultural and artistic movements. However, the 21st century creative-scape that we occupy now doesn't really have movements in the same way. Instead it's made up of diverse individuals working across various platforms simultaneously; art, architecture, film, music and literature.

Doug Aitken

MusicArtArchitectureLiteratureUp

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