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William Graham Sumner Quotes

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare.

William Graham Sumner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: October 30, 1840 - April 12, 1910

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Man Law Liberty Employment Own Who

I like art. It's another way to rebel.

John Waters

Art Rebel Way Like Another Way

I can do a lot of stuff, score goals with my left, right, and head.

Romelu Lukaku

Goals I Can Right Head Left Score

By the way, I have had zero press training.

Josh Trank

Training Way Zero Press Had

I've never seen myself as a fantasy writer - ever.

Jonathan Carroll

Myself Fantasy Never Seen Writer

No phone. No pool. No pets. No cigarettes. Ultimate freedom... No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild.

Christopher McCandless

Freedom Alone Phone Pool Lost Land

It's incumbent upon a director, if you want to pull the best performance out of an actor, you have to really work to who they are and how they work and not just expect them to hit a mark every time. You have to be very adaptable in the approach that you use with every different actor.

Anthony Russo

Work Time Best Performance You Want

My process is kind of intuitive - I think about how a character will speak according to their station and personality, occasionally making notes with guidelines for their mannerisms, and then I just sort of crack on and write it.

Antony Johnston

Character Personality Speak Think

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

Paul Wellstone

Power Democracy American Serious Our

I've taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up - there's character development, there's respect, discipline, perseverance.

Scott Coker

Perseverance Character Children Old

I was probably unusually close to my parents, so I do what I can now to preserve the integrity of their memory. The Holocaust deserves to be remembered.

Norman Finkelstein

Integrity Memory Parents I Can Now

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

Montesquieu

Day Lose Nation Miss May Century

Corinne Bailey Rae I listen to a lot, and I'll hear Desert Island Discs and quickly write down the name of a song, and it will open up a new area of music for me. I discovered an Argentinian guitarist, Jose Luis Bieito, on Classic FM.

Lesley Manville

Music Me Song Desert Name Down