Demosthenes Quotes

The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.

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• If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Road
  • Internet
  • Name

• Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • You
  • Arts
  • Awards

• At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

  

  Tabitha Soren
  • Humor
  • Going
  • Grandparents

• Running back was always my favorite position.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Running
  • Always
  • Back

• We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.

  

  Panayiotis Zavos
  • World
  • Famous
  • Rich

• I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.

  

  Xenophon
  • Long
  • Heart
  • Remember

• Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Mind
  • Death
  • Brain

• I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.

  

  M. Stanton Evans
  • Opinion
  • Facts
  • Students

• Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Hope
  • Joy
  • Failure

• I love dressing up.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • Up
  • Love
  • Dressing

• I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Work
  • Experience
  • Movie

• World-building numbs the reader's ability to fulfill their part of the bargain because it believes that it has to do everything around here if anything is going to get done. Above all, world-building is not technically necessary. It is the great clomping foot of nerdism. It is the attempt to exhaustively survey a place that isn't there.

  

  M. John Harrison
  • World
  • Great
  • Done

• One should know their body types well to experiment with trends.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Know
  • Body
  • Trends

• Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

  

  Candice Bergen
  • Life
  • Dreams
  • Short

• What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Women
  • Know
  • Designer

• How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Quality
  • Answer
  • Improve

• I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.

  

  Oded Fehr
  • Character
  • Think
  • Fearless

• If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.

  

  Gareth Gates
  • Bad
  • Opinion
  • Everyone

• Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that's not fair. How can you tell what's best and what's worst from these awards? We're talking about art.

  

  Javier Bardem
  • Work
  • Art

• I remember hearing that when Judi Dench was starting out at the Old Vic, she used to stand by the side of the stage watching the actors around her, and I can see why: That is where you really learn!

  

  Jessie Buckley
  • Why
  • She
  • Remember

• I'm sure my children will be artists. I hope they will direct because it is much more interesting. Acting is great, and I love it, but it is very passive, and it depends on other people's desire, and you depend on others all the time.

  

  Emmanuelle Seigner
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• I'm not a big fan of just doing weights. Anything more physical is infinitely better.

  

  Jason Momoa

• I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

  

  Carly Simon
  • Remember
  • Fear
  • Anxiety

• The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.

  

  Demosthenes
  • Remember