Themselves Quotes

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Sometimes, a novel is like a train: the first chapter is a comfortable seat in an attractive carriage, and the narrative speeds up. But there… — Jane Smiley
The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of… — Mark Skousen
Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make… — Samuel Smiles
Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own… — Samuel Smiles
Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders. — Jane Smiley
With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an… — Iain Duncan Smith
Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make decisions… — Iain Duncan Smith
Know this, if someone has cheated on you who truly loves you, they have hurt themselves as much as they have hurt you. — Jada Pinkett Smith
Every animal would rather die themselves than lose their offspring. But it's just genes, isn't it? All of our existence is spent worrying about the… — Robert Smith
I don't find the technology threatening. A lot of people my age, my generation, find it difficult to immerse themselves. But I would never preclude… — Robert Smith
People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for a bit. I… — Wilbur Smith
Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts. — Zadie Smith
Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is… — Zadie Smith
Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. — Robert Smithson
A lot of the cats I grew up with in the South Bronx found themselves in sticky situations. — Wesley Snipes
This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear. — Sonia Sotomayor
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who… — Sonia Sotomayor
People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a… — Thomas Sowell
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do… — Thomas Sowell
Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities. — Thomas Sowell
The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves. — Steven Spielberg
For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. — Steven Spielberg
I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their… — Steven Spielberg
The Christians tried to separate themselves from the Jewish crowd so they wouldn't be the recipients of the persecution of the Romans. And the way… — John Shelby Spong
A government that can at pleasure accuse, shoot, and hang men, as traitors, for the one general offence of refusing to surrender themselves and their… — Lysander Spooner

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