Pericles Quotes
Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio - all that noise, that artifice.
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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
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I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.
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My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.
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It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.
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The pursuit of wealth generally diverts men of great talents and strong passions from the pursuit of power; and it frequently happens that a man does not undertake to direct the fortunes of the state until he has shown himself incompetent to conduct his own.
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The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
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Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity - these three - and a place in society where no one of the three can be exercised? Men say that God punishes for complaining. No, but men are angry with misery. They are irritated with women for not being happy. They take it as a personal offence. To God alone may women complain without insulting Him!
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Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
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Every time I learn the truth about something, I’m disappointed.
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Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
