Quote by Adlai Stevenson
Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. – Adlai Stevenson

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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft. – Adlai Stevenson

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We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do. In Blood Simple theres a shot from the bumper of a car and its going up this road and a huge flock of birds takes off at the perfect moment. – Joel Coen

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American stuntmen are smart – they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance… But in Hong Kong, we dont know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If youve got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt. – Jackie Chan

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I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. Ive been listening to everything from Caribou to Conway Twitty. If Im going on a longer car ride, Ill download some podcasts. – Sam Trammell

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From 1997 when we came in, you guys and the public bought seven million more cars. You didnt get rid of the second car, did you? So what is happening is the growth of cars on the motorway. – John Prescott

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Love is grand; divorce a hundred grand. – Author Unknown

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Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. – Alfred Marshall

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I think theres a lot projected on beautiful women, period. At least, maybe this is just my fear, but I do sometimes feel dismissed before Ive even been allowed to participate. I have moments of feeling really wounded. But I am pretty optimistic, and I do enjoy a lot of my life. – Shalom Harlow

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