Quote by Thomas Sowell
Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past thr

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. – Thomas Sowell

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Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. – Thomas Sowell

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best
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Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated. – Thomas Sowell

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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. – Thomas Sowell

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Ive turned down jobs because Ive said, Honestly, I cant find my way in. I cant do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do. – David Duchovny

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All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. – Scott Alexander

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Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. – Mark Twain

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A good indignation brings out all ones powers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. – John Lyly

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To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god. – Jorge Luis Borges

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