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Thomas Sowell Quotes

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 30, 1930

Topics

Work Time People Hands Will Waste

I grew up as a step-kid, always a little outside, always trying hard to follow and fit in. But over time, I've come to feel that my tendency toward self-erasure is a deep and real part of me. I think I'd be this way no matter how I grew up.

Time Me Deep Think Feel Trying

We shall be inclined to pronounce the voyage that led to the way to this New World as the most epoch-making event of all that have occurred since the birth of Christ.

World New Way Birth Voyage Event

The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves.

God Mind Know Us Word Ourselves

Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.

Confidence Job Step Uncomfortable

Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the feather in any actor's cap.

Villain Bond Actor Cap Able Feather

Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.

Political Questions Important Group

I never really did years of movie-after-movie-after-movie but when you've got three toddlers in the house you're performing all day long, anyway, with puppet shows and stories - I act around the clock.

Day Long You House Three Never

I was an amusement and water park fiend as a kid growing up. I loved them. My brothers and I would go whenever we could. We liked all the super steep/fast slides and flumes where you would get completely soaked. Our absolute favorite was the tubes, though.

Water Growing Up Loved You Growing

A lot of people live in fear because they haven't figured out how you're going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I've come to terms with this by looking deeply into whatever makes me fearful - what are the key elements that get the hairs up on the back of my neck - and then figuring out what I can do about it.

Fear Live People Me Looking Key

I get to live a privileged existence.

Live Existence Get Privileged

When I do actual sequential work, I really want a story I can get a behind: a story that really holds my attention for, like, the length of what I'll be working on.

Brian Stelfreeze

Work Story Attention I Can Want Get

I didn't always mean to be an actor. I was carried onto the stage when I was two days old, but I never acted as a child. My parents were stage people.

Child Parents People Actor Never

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