Quotes
Authors
Thomas G. West
"From the earliest colonial days [in America], local governments took responsibility for their poor. However, able-bodied men and women generally were not supported by the taxpayers unless they worked." --
Source : Thomas G. West (2000). “Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of America”, p.132, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Thomas G. West
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“...congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness.”
“It is more satisfying to sacrifice oneself for the poor victim than to enable the other to overcome their victim status and perhaps become even more succesfull than ourselves”
“My singing silenced the bullies, but better than that, it silenced the demons inside me. When you're jeered at, told to shut up, sit still, stop being silly, there's a cacophony of noise rolling around in your head. When I was singing, it was peaceful.”
“Through my newspaper comic strip, public speaking, and filmmaking, I try to tell as many people as possible, of all ages and from all walks of life, that we are destroying the ocean at such an alarming rate that we can't wait for a systematic solution. We can't wait for our political leadership to warm up to the idea, and we can't wait for the free market to find alternatives. We must act as individuals, now.”
“If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I got involved in 2003, 2004, with a company called Dance4Life out of Holland.”
“All work and no play doesn't just make Jill and Jack dull, it kills the potential of discovery, mastery, and openness to change and flexibility and it hinders innovation and invention.”
Source : Joline Godfrey (1992). “Our wildest dreams: women entrepreneurs making money, having fun, doing good”, HarperCollins Publishers
“I love any kind of recognition because as an actor I'm very hard on myself sometimes.”
Source : Source: www.thestarscoop.com
