Plutarch Quotes
Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara.Plutarch
Quotes to Explore
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I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
Karlie Kloss -
Mr. Norrell is like a librarian trying to do magic... That's the story of my career, really. I stand next to good looking men and make them look better!
Eddie Marsan -
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
Harlan Coben -
My family was Jehovah's Witnesses, which is a really tough religion. It kind of deterred me from religion for a long time. They still practice, but I don't. But I always remained spiritual, and had a belief that there is a God. I'm trying to find my way, you know?
Ja Rule -
Young feminists have been sold a bill of goods about American feminism. The enormous changes in women over the past 40 years are constantly and falsely attributed to the organized women's movement of the late 1960s and '70s.
Camille Paglia
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I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.
Desmond Tutu -
Fighting is kind of like choreography. It's not just get in there and punching someone: you have to have choreography. Someone is going to hit high; someone is going to hit at the bottom.
Emeraude Toubia -
It's really irritating. Even people who like my work sometimes come up to me and say, 'I usually don't like female comedians, but your material is great!' It makes the job prospect more daunting. Funny is funny, you know?
Chelsea Peretti -
If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.
David Seabury -
Many climate change deniers would have you believe that addressing climate change is all pain and no gain. This is simply not true. We can tackle this challenge while improving our personal health and the health of our economy. These are not competing interests; they go hand in hand.
Paul Tonko -
Torture is illegal, both in the U.S. and abroad. So - and that is true for the Bush administration and for any other administration.
Jane Mayer
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I'd read a lot of books where the girls are in awe of the supernatural male, so I thought it was time to write about an awesome and super-powerful female who is also quite vulnerable and naive about life on earth.
Alexandra Adornetto -
It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel nor America can afford four more years of Iran and the radical Islamists gaining strategic leverage in the Middle East.
Dennis Ross -
Brands mean different things for different generations.
Bozoma Saint John -
I took three years of karate because of Bruce Lee, you know. I was a green belt.
Marjane Satrapi -
Lots of boys pick strong messages about who they are and who they want to be from the media.
Geoffrey Canada -
Styx has their own style of music, and I think that's justifiable, the same way that Asia and Yes have had - Yes particularly has a unique style that seems to have transcended all styles of music for 43 years.
Geoff Downes Yes
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I had a migraine for about seven or eight straight days, and I was unable to sleep most nights.
April Winchell -
The world of Ultimate Spider-Man is funny. I can't imagine a live-action film where he's Principal Coulson and dealing with some of the pranks from these guys.
Clark Gregg -
Don't take many words to break a fragile heart!
Eric Jerome Dickey -
We want people to understand that we have to look at maintenance costs and staffing in decisions on design elements for the pool.
Doug Jackson Ambrosia -
Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara.
Plutarch