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James Q. Wilson Quotes

I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay for freedom.

James Q. Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: May 27, 1931 - March 2, 2012

Topics

Freedom Believe You Price I Believe

I have always loved Broadway.

Melissa Etheridge

Loved Always Broadway

I started at the bottom. Nobody has given me anything.

Ana Patricia Botin

Me Nobody Anything Bottom Started

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

Sonia Sotomayor

Facts Choose Personal Judges See

I didn't have a normal childhood by any means.

Childhood Normal Means Any

Every community needs to get its fair share of services.

Community Fair Share Get Needs

When I was 9 or 10 years old it wasn't the thing to be seen doing - reading a book in your spare time.

Time Book Reading Doing Old Years

I think in the case of my father, in terms of the things that influenced me, he never pressed me to go into academics or pressed me to go to a field, and indeed, my behavior was largely to move as far the other direction. I don't think that's uncommon with people with very successful parents.

Robert C. Merton

Father Parents People Me Think Go

When I went to university, I was a philosophy major, but because I'm not very bright I chose to study philosophy at a performing arts school, maybe because the philosophy program there wasn't too rigorous or challenging.

School Philosophy Bright Study Arts

When I'm on a stage, it's just me, singing a song with words that I wrote and I believe in. And if I don't believe in them anymore, I'll stop singing that song.

Words Me Singing Song Believe Stop

I want viewers to see that everything is connected, even the little guys like pollinators and flowers.

Louie Schwartzberg

Flowers Want Connected See Little

I always wanted to be a film-maker when I was younger, not an actor. I was an eight-year-old who dreamed of being a writer on 'The Simpsons,' which was a weird dream to have. But I started taking acting classes as a way to learn how to direct actors and I sort of fell in love with it.

Love Weird Learn Dream Acting Way

Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Person Nothing Up Much Case Clears

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