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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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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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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Even though the moniker 'Vanilla ISIS' is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism through an Islam-centric lens.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
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You know, equality is a myth, and for some reason, everyone accepts the fact that women don't make as much money as men do. I don't understand that. Why do we have to take a backseat? I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.
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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.
