Lysander Spooner Quotes

When a man says he is building a house for himself and his posterity, he does not mean to be understood as saying that he has any thought of binding them, nor is it to be inferred that he is so foolish as to imagine that he has any right or power to bind them, to live in it.

Lysander Spooner

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LivePowerManBuildingSayingMean

I sell escapism.

Jimmy Buffett

SellEscapism

I dabbled in writing, wrote really bad poetry in high school. I also took a few writing classes when I was an undergrad at Stanford. I was so intimidated.

Jesmyn Ward

SchoolPoetryWritingHigh School

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.

Andrea Dworkin

RealityGeniusRebellionOppressor

It's not easy, but I'm really enjoying what I am doing. One day I am in Chennai, the other in Mumbai, then in Coimbatore. But I love my job, and I am really passionate about my work.

Amy Jackson

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Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

Roger McGuinn

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A story is a kind of biopsy of human life. A story is both local, specific, small, and deep, in a kind of penetrating, layered, and revealing way.

Lorrie Moore

LifeSmallStoryDeepKindWay

I don't want to design something that everybody else would do. I want to design something that's bigger or better or funnier or more beautiful.

Chris March

BeautifulBetterDesignWantMore

I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles.

David Suchet

LoveCharacterPeopleThinkActor

When surroundings change, we should also change how we make money.

Chey Tae-won

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I think comedy is incredibly discriminated against. It is one of the most enjoyed yet most condescended art forms in the world. It's the same thing with hip-hop.

Brett Gelman

ArtWorldThinkComedyHip-HopSame

A drummer is usually like the backbone.

Brody Armstrong

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I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

Arsenio Hall

TimeConfidentSelf-ConfidenceActor

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