Chilon of Sparta Quotes
Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.
Quotes to Explore
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anything that ceases to be a song and just sounds like house music kind of stresses me out.
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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
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I never sit down to write anything personal unless I know the subject is going to go beyond my own experience and address something larger and more universal.
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No technique is possible when men are free. … Technique requires predictability and, no less, exactness of prediction. It is necessary, then, that technique prevail over the human being. … The individual must be fashioned by techniques … in order to wipe out the blots his personal determination introduces into the perfect design of the organization.
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The paper burns, but the words fly away.
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I try to be as optimistic as I can. I feel like that's the beautiful thing about art and music. It can take you places, and they can be a positive influence. A very soothing influence. Honestly, I feel like there's enough pain and terrible things that happen in life. That's beautiful thing in art, you can really idealize things.
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The Kind Foundation was created to scale our social impact and be able to deepen our focus on fostering empathy and developing kinder communities.
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Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.
