Demosthenes Quotes
Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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I promised to always bring up a glass of water to her before we go to bed, and she promised to never let me dress myself.
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If I go away, I take a little picture of my son. It's in a frame with a speaker, and he recorded a birthday message for me when he was nine or 10. I can't listen to it without filling up.
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People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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I love my wife. We FaceTime and we talk on the phone and she travels to come see me when she can. But she works as well. But we see each other a lot more than people would think, though, because we make it happen and we love each other so much.
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Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.
