Marsilio Ficino Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.
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Life is a great university for the unfolding of the mind, for developing character. In choosing our life work, when we are free to choose, we should remember this, and choose that which will call the biggest man or woman out of us and not that from which we can coin the most dollars.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.
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When I pick my subcommittee chairmen, I look for people that understand what it's like to run successful businesses, who know what it's like to sign the front of the check instead of the back of the check: somebody that gets it.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
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I love what I do.
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Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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Writing 'We Are Never Getting Back Together' was one of the most hilarious experiences I have ever had in the studio because it just happened so naturally.
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Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry.
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I got the recall, the second audition. That was when I started sweating. This huge thing. And it was so secretive I couldn't even tell BBC reception where I was going, had to pretend it was for something called Panic Moon, which is an anagram of companion.
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It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.
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Despite what Wordsworth says about thoughts that 'lie too deep for tears', I think tears are a pretty reliable indication of being in the grips of a profound experience.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
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You are running to seek your friend. Let your feet run, but your mind need not.
