Chilon of Sparta Quotes
If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
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The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.
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I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else.
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Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access.
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The more you limit your choices, thereby limiting thought, the more you can simplify your life and focus your energy elsewhere.
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There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not. You shall not deny the Stranger.
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If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one.
