#ant

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#enough #further #go #out #place

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#career #diversify #doing #i #make

The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience. ↗

— Maurice Chevalier

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I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#bit #competition #competitive #country #good

There is still a future with music, because people want music. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#future #music #people #still #want

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#critic #fireman #i #life #met

Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#asked #faulkner #great #had #know

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

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When something that occupies a giant space in your life comes to an end, then you have to go through a mourning period. I loved 'The Shield.' It was one of the hardest and one of the greatest experiences of my life. But having said that, I'm always thinking about what's next. ↗

— Michael Chiklis

#always #comes #end #experiences #giant