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Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: french
Birth: July 29, 1805 - April 16, 1859

Topics

Future Darkness Past Spirit Walks

If someone is a known spectacular quantity, then they're probably working in a job and very happy with that.

Job Happy Someone Quantity Working

I do believe that one way to have a destiny is to choose one.

Destiny Believe Choose Way One Way

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

Push You Back Never Always Whatever

When you've lost a loved one, you realise how grateful you are for any help in those moments, and any scheme that tries to help families during that terrible time gets my backing.

Time Grateful Loved Help Moments

Violent movements attract thugs and firebrands who enjoy the mayhem. Violent tactics provide a pretext for retaliation by the enemy and alienate third parties who might otherwise support the movement.

Support Enjoy Enemy Movement Attract

The competition is pretty rough these days.

Competition Days Pretty Rough

I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was aware of it. And you know what they do when they become aware of someone stalking them when they build a nest, which is a very vulnerable place to be? They build a decoy nest. It's just for you.

Building Someone You Place Know

I mean I don't want to feel inferior to any other golfer in the world. You know if you do that, then you know you're giving them an advantage, you know, right off the - you know, right from the start.

World Start Feel Giving You Know

Obamacare won't just bankrupt the country. It may bankrupt small businesses. It may bankrupt individuals.

Small Country May Just Obamacare

Even though there is randomness and improvisation in my music, I want to have some concrete idea that I can hold onto.

Music I Can Want Concrete Hold Idea

You have to make your choices however you see fit and just keep your integrity as best you can.

Integrity Best Choices You See Keep

I just couldn't go back to Suddenly Susan after David Strickland's suicide. I didn't see how we could make the show light and funny any more.

Funny Light Suicide Back Go See

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