Pericles Quotes
It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.
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I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.
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When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told me as I was becoming a man: 'You don't go picking fights, but you don't run from any of them.' And I was more afraid of my father than anybody else I had to fight.
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It often happens that the man who pursues the dollar too diligently finds it hard to catch, but if he will pursue some other and better goal, dollars come around to see what sort of fellow he is.
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Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering the news in the Middle East.
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As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if they were not based on mutual benefit or if they failed to deliver great benefits to the United States.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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When I was 13 my dream was to play the U.S. Open. Now it's to win it.
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I pride myself on being tragically uncool.
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Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.
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In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.
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In order to invest in our future, we must ensure that we appropriately protect programs that provide skills, services, and education for middle-class Americans rather than providing tax breaks for large corporations.
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As for Guns N' Roses, I don't think there's ever a chance of a reunion.
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It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
