Plutarch Quotes

A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he, "thou art all voice and nothing else.

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• I don't like television when it gets near to photographed plays.

  

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• There definitely will be flying cars, but whether there'll be flying cars for most people to use, it'll probably take a long time to straighten everything out, all the rules and hassles. It'll take a while to figure out how to keep people from crashing into each other.

  

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• I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.

  

  Carla Gugino
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• I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.

  

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• As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.

  

  Walter Gropius
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• It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
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• I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.

  

  Gary Barlow Take That
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• I respect music, I do. I love it.

  

  Youssou N'Dour
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• Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.

  

  Earl Warren
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• There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.

  

  Paolo Sorrentino
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• I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Never
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• Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Different
  • Team
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• My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.

  

  Gabby Douglas
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• We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
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• I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.

  

  Barbara Bush
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• The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.

  

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• Yes, I am a lingerie model, but I have class.

  

  Irina Shayk
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• Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.

  

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• A democracy exists whenever those who are free and are not well-off, being in the majority, are in sovereign control of government, an oligarchy when control lies with the rich and better-born, these being few.

  

  Aristotle
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• We are, in fact, hyper-dimentional objects of some sort which cast a shadow into matter, and the shadow in matter is the body. And at death, what happens basically, is that the shadow withdraws, or the thing which cast the shadow withdraws, and metabolism ceases, and matter which had been organized into a dissipative structure in a very localized area, sustaining itself against entropy by cycling material in and degrading it and expelling it, that whole phenomenon ceases, but the thing which ordered it is not affected by that.

  

  Terence McKenna
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• God was bored by him.

  

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• They're great songs. How many bands wouldn't like to have a 'Freebird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama' to play every night?

  

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• I think both teams can do other things and make plays doing something else. But when you get down to it, both offenses want to run it. And when they run it, they're not looking for just first downs, they're looking to take charge.

  

  Champ Bailey
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• A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he, "thou art all voice and nothing else.

  

  Plutarch
  • Body
  • Voice
  • Feathers