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Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#before #born #civilization #civilized #each

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#human #human face #liberalism #totalitarianism

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#egos #elites #masses #really #state

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#compassionate #conservatives #less #liberals #most

Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#bracket #called #decade #imagine #into

There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which it's being staged; then the audience, the nature of the audience, the quality of the audience. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#audience #being #dynamic #environment #expresses

But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell a story that I believe in. ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#feel #film #help #i #i believe

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift. ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#back #breaks #ceiling #certain #down

The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality. ↗

— Patricia Meyer Spacks

#claim #constant #feminine #ground #implicit

It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to sell out. I'm sure I will, but I'm just trying to postpone it. ↗

— David Spade

#campy #good #i #i can #just