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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My family went through divorces and remarriages and the later, blended home - and then watched that home explode, too.
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I think that I learned a studio system prefers a sort of professionalism from the director.
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The sympathy which is reverent with what it cannot understand is worth its weight in gold.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one.
