James Q. Wilson Quotes

Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.

James Q. Wilson

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NatureLawNameLibertyOppression

I think that having a public career is a bargain with the devil.

Jessica Simpson

ThinkDevilCareerBargainI Think

Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.

John Taylor Gatto

MeasureGradesManagerObedience

I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want to be an interpretative kind of artist. I had an intuition about wanting to create my own form, in one way or another, whatever that would be.

Meredith Monk

WorkArtistCreateWantKindWay

I'm always trying to show versatility. I'm juggling, and I'm flipping fire, and I'm chewing gum and rhyming at the same time... on a unicycle, while playing the drums.

MF Doom

TimeFireTryingSameAlwaysGum

I'm very impatient. I always want more.

Ana de Armas

WantMoreAlwaysImpatientVery

I'm a compassionate person, so if a product is 15 percent more than what I typically pay, and I see the purpose, I'll foster that kind of sustainability for the farmers/fishers.

Tom Douglas

PurposePersonKindSustainability

I was never a good-looking bloke. Not by a long chalk.

Rod Stewart

LongGood-LookingNeverChalkBloke

Everybody is going to have an opinion on you; not everyone is going to like you. You can't live your life based on other people's opinions of you or let that change what you do or how you feel about yourself, because then you're not living.

Rumer Willis

LifeChangeLiveYourselfPeople

The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others.

Marvin Harris

PeopleSayOthersSome PeopleSome

People call my family a dynasty, but I'm not sure what a dynasty actually is. And I don't feel part of one. It belies the truth of my real upbringing, which wasn't grand at all, and it flies in the face of the fact that, at root, I'm just a jobbing actor.

Joseph Fiennes

FamilyTruthPeopleFaceFeelActor

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Jonathan Kozol

WinSmallEnoughMatterBattlesBig

I think these awards are always nice for a player but they also reflect well on the club. It shows that Arsenal's performance have been noted all around the world and it helps by having so many good players around me.

Dennis Bergkamp

GoodMeWorldPerformanceThink

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