Pythagoras Quotes
Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.
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I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!
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When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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There's always been something a little pathetic for me at the work parties I've attended, especially thinking back to the restaurants I worked in. I remember a Christmas party in which we all got free T-shirts with the restaurant on the front and our names on the back.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing.
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When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise.
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I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
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Kids who evolve into creative adults tend to have a strong moral compass.
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Yeah, I have the detail-obsessed, controlling personality of a novelist, but I somehow ended up writing plays.
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All animals feel Wonder, and many exhibit Curiosity. They sometimes suffer from this latter quality, as when the hunter plays antics and thus attracts them.
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I know our culture will sometimes understand a love for Jesus as weakness. There is this lie floating around that says I am supposed to be able to do life alone, without any help, without stopping to worship something bigger than myself. But I actually believe there is something bigger than me, and I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.
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I am happy and content because I think I am.
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The issue of spiritual power is to meet the limited mortal circumstance with unlimited thought.
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Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.
