Democritus Quotes
To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.
Quotes to Explore
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I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.
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We were descended from royalty.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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With Facebook, you're not really allowed to be unhappy. Think about it: There's only a like button. Yes, you can be angry, but it's only lighthearted rage. On Reddit, perhaps because you can be anonymous, people are willing to be openly sad or angry. They are more honest.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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Look, maybe I'm just not good at multi-tasking and am, therefore, jealous of those of you who can get in a workout while yammering on your cell phone, but for the love of all that is good and pure, shut your yap!
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Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
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There was music all about us, we were growing quite forgetfulWe were only singing seamen from the dirt of Londontown.
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I'm an actress, and I write, and I produce stuff. I have a guitar, and I have my knitting stuff. I have a lot of things going on; I love to not ever put all my energy into one thing fully.
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If defectors say they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North, they can gain better employment in the South, where life can be very difficult for North Koreans.
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To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.
