Quintilian Quotes
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
Edmund Spenser
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
Karen DeCrow
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
Naomi Klein
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Since our inception, Youku Tudou as the leader in the multi-screen video space has helped transform how video and entertainment-related content is distributed and marketed.
Victor Koo
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It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.
Rafael Nadal
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
Tanya Fischer
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
Naeem Khan
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America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
Wayne Grady
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I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.
Parker Young
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When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.
Viktor Orban
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Samuel Johnson
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
Gavin Hood
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
Mahatma Gandhi
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
W. H. Auden
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Yes, I am very prolific.
Patrice Leconte
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The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
F. H. Bradley
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
Patrick Wilson
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For such things as you, I can scarce think there's any, ye're so slight.
William Shakespeare
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To understand the economy then is to comprehend how it is driven by the animal spirits. Just as Adam Smith’s invisible hand is the keynote of classical economics, Keynes’ animal spirits are the keynote to a different view of the economy - a view that explains the underlying instabilities of capitalism.
George Akerlof
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People ask me: "Do I consider myself to be a Latino writer?" "What does it mean to be Latino?" Those are very strange questions to answer , but feminism is easier because it's just an ideology, a way I live my life. And absolutely in the most political sense I try to sit down and write very strong female roles.
Quiara Alegria Hudes
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I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
Ingmar Bergman
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I don't think I even knew how big we were at the time. It was mad. I gained a lot through East 17 and I'm grateful for being able to have that experience.
Brian Harvey
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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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