Pythagoras Quotes
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I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth. Later it became clear to me that I was retreading ground by fighting the literary battles of the 1950s and 1960s, and that I was actually a bit bored by some of the books I professed to love.
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Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.
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To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.
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The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.
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In big movies, interests are not aligned between those above the line and the financier, because above the line gets paid whether the movie works or not. The financier only makes money if the movie works, and that fundamentally sets up a contentious relationship.
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I guess I'm always up for a challenge.
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I would have to say that working on 'Warrior' felt more like working on a play than any other film I've ever done.
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You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike.
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I see religion more as a truck stop on your way to figuring out who you are.
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I came from a big family... a big family of Southerners.
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Justice as fairness provides what we want.
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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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Like us many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye.
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The first half of high school, I had a girlfriend, and then the second half I got to know these guys who would just get stoned and jam. I had struck the goth thing by then, but I still thought of myself as Ian Curtis or something.
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God's plan is to make much of the man, far more of him than of anything else. Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.
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I have seen this in previous catastrophes and hurricanes ? there is a bright spot in that new jobs do get created.
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Only the supremely wise and the ignorant do not alter.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.
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Wildlife needs wilderness-not just to survive, but also to live freely. Sadly, many species struggle to survive due to increased human activity and expansion into habitats they call home.
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Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.
