Lysander Spooner Quotes

If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a combination of will and force; of will, united with a physical power sufficient to compel obedience to it, but not necessarily having any moral character whatever.

Lysander Spooner

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When I was a kid, I always had a big thing for Dannii Minogue. Initially I liked Kylie, but I quickly moved on to Dannii. There was always something more alluring about her. I think I actually wrote to her asking if we could meet.

Andrew Buchan

ThinkMeetMoreKidAlwaysAsking

There is something about the airline industry that really grabbed me.

Maurice Flanagan

MeIndustrySomethingAirlineReally

I keep trying to write happy endings, but my books always end on more of a bittersweet note of ambiguity.

Stephen McCauley

HappyEndTryingMoreWriteAlways

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

Sophocles

DeathNightSomeoneMoreJust One

Sex is hardly ever just about sex.

Shirley MacLaine

SexJustAboutEverHardly

It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures.

Robert Bourassa

MindBackKnowDifficultMayPublic

For in itself a thought, a slumbering thought, is capable of years, and curdles a long life into one hour.

Lord Byron

LifeThoughtLongCapableLong Life

The film 'Documented,' a project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Define American campaign, is about my families: the family I was blessed to be born into, and the family of friends, mentors and allies that I found when I moved to the United States at 12, a Filipino kid trying to make sense of my new home in America.

Jose Antonio Vargas

FamilyHomeBlessedAmericanAmerica

Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial.

Claudia Schiffer

BeingGermanyLikeBerlinAbroad

If you are a loser in this sport, you are a loser also in life.

Claudio Ranieri

LifeLoserYouSportAlso

He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.

Anthony Powell

LovePassionSelf-LoveSightFirst

Once you have an established song, you can really come out of your shell and experiment with the sound you want to make.

Post Malone

SongYouWantSoundExperimentOut

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