Plutarch Quotes
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
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My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
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Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.
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Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth.
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I mean, if someone asked for my birth certificate, I'd get my baby book and hand it out and say 'Here it is.'
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Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.
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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
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It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
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Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. And that's a joke.
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There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth.
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Maybe she'd seen too many Japanese horror movies, and maybe it was just a tingle of warning from generations of superstitious ancestors, but suddenly she knew that what Alyssa wanted was not to be saved, but for Shane to join her. In death.
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Attachment to a baby is a long-term process, not a single, magical moment. The opportunity for bonding at birth may be compared to falling in love - staying in love takes longer and demands more work.
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The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit.
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If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
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A home birth is about being able to create exactly what you want, because it's such a violent moment inside of the body that you want everything else to be as beautiful as it can be.
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Each family of the United States military now attends to their loved ones funeral with a wrenching worry that it will be met possibly with a protest or a demonstration.
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The U.S. always needs an enemy. It comes and goes. Today it is Islam. According to this plan or ideology of the born-again Christians who formed an alliance with Zionism, Islam is the monster.
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But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want,' put in Merry. 'You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin--to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours--closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.
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'Honor in the Dust' is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.
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Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
