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Montesquieu Quotes

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: January 18, 1689 - February 10, 1755

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Time Religion People Same See Here

Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records. Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I do consider myself a moral guy.

Jesse McCartney

Myself Rock Star Earth Moral Rock

I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd.

School High School Play High Because

Every time there's a really good story, there's women in it. We may not get as many roles, but the roles we get are really good, I think, for the most part.

Sigourney Weaver

Good Women Time Story Think May

I grew up around the business quite a bit; I saw a little bit of the underbelly of it.

Business Up Little Saw Quite Around

I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.

Poetry Want Got Deal Few Months

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

History Writing Reading Strange Saw

Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of that spiritual process was and is to give away wealth, to discard wealth in order not to gain.

Best Spiritual People American Act

That's the reason why I'm making albums. That's the reason why I love hip-hop: It's a challenge every time.

Love Time Challenge Hip-Hop Why

While I was in 'Inadmissible Evidence' at the Donmar, I was mugged at the HSBC ATM on Shaftesbury Avenue. I grabbed one of the men, and when the police arrived, they put both me and him against a wall until they worked out which of us was the criminal.

Men Police Me Wall Him Out

Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a standard measure and stopwatch management, and it also led to the requirement of interest-bearing currency to grow over time, the requirement of the expansion of our economy.

Douglas Rushkoff

Time Management Grow Measure Clock

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

Me Chaos Accept Sure Whether

Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level.

William Vickrey

Budget Price Level Inflation Stable

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