Plutarch Quotes
Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.
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Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court – that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
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I love action movies.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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To survive is to win.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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I've always loved musical films; I find them really thrilling and exciting; it was part of what made me want to be an actress, that feeling of being really transported.
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A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine.... If I had a thousand sons, the first human principle I would teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack.
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Will I have to explain to my daughter that her brother is gonna make more money doing the exact same job because he's a man? If they both played sports since they were three years old, they both worked just as hard, but because he's a boy, they're gonna give him more money? Like, how am I gonna explain that to her? In tennis we've had great pioneers that paved the way - including Venus Williams, who fought so hard for Wimbledon to pay women the same prize money they pay men, and Billie Jean King, who is one of the main reasons Title IX exists.
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I feel like any actor that has started out in the theater, the theater will always be their home.
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In the necessary memorialisation of the six million dead, there had been precious little attention paid to those who survived and how they survived.
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Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse.
