Quintilian Quotes
It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
Quotes to Explore
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
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I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.
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I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.
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Never in a million years would I imagine Calvin Klein flying me out to my first men's fashion show.
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In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I believe in eating as nutritiously as I can all the time... My mother raised me on fresh - rather than processed - foods, and that's how I eat on a regular basis.
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I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.
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None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.
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Before we put an American in harm's way, tell us why. No one wants to see the region descend into further chaos. There's a lot of concern about getting embroiled in another Vietnam and ... about sending American troops once again to fight someone else's war.
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In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.
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If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
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It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
