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William Godwin Quotes

Government was intended to suppress injustice, but its effect has been to embody and perpetuate it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: March 3, 1756 - April 7, 1836

Topics

Government Injustice Been Effect

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

Truth People Interesting Literature

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.

John Desmond Bernal

Science Long Possible Essence Proof

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

Me Liberty Know Conscience Give Me

I have always been attracted to difficult work. There really doesn't seem much point in looking for the easy life as an actor. I would simply get bored.

Life Work Looking Easy Actor Always

A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.

You Down Who Those Closest Lot

Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.

Civilization Seen Hackers Threaten

The big publishers want someone they can send on the Jewish book circuit, somebody the old ladies can see marrying their granddaughters.

Book Someone Want Old Jewish See

Old cookbooks connect you to your past and explain the history of the world.

History Past World You Old Explain

If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.

Dimebag Darrell

You Know Something Crowd Improvise

Judgment comes from experience and great judgment comes from bad experience.

Great Experience Bad Judgment

I'm not deeply involved in politics, but about 25% of the people I interact with in politics went to law school.

Politics School People Law Involved

I met Steve Austin at an airport in 2005, and he gave me the best piece of advice I could ever receive - to keep running my mouth and never stop talking! I took that advice to heart, and it has helped me get where I am today.

Today Heart Best I Am Me Advice

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