Pythagoras Quotes
Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
Quotes to Explore
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Polo drifts gently in and out of fashion.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.
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I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.
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As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.
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I kind of have my little OCD wood shed at my house where everything is just right when I go write.
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I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
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There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
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I went through a phase where I loved tattoos, and I loved the feeling of getting tattooed.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star's fan following.
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I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
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Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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I'm just glad to be able to work.
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Those whom the gods love grow young.
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It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade as far as possible. It is not good when one's daily break is tied to God's special blessing.
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Isn't she lovely made from love?
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The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.
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We need to clarify it. We need to work on it. We will continue to do that.
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Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
