Plutarch Quotes
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Every loan that we did in the City of Detroit in the 10 years they studied - between 2005 and 2014 - were conventional FHA, VA loans with average interest rates of 6%.
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A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows.
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We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy.
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Some kids go walking in the mountains, but I just went to the cinema. So when I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, even though this wasn't normal for Arab kids or anyone in the town, they were sort of expecting it and were very supportive.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.
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Sports is like a war without the killing.
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I want my legacy to be about the soccer, and if I can help people be happier in life in any capacity, awesome.
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When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.
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The best advice I get is actually from my family and friends. That has been a huge resource I've come to rely on.
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You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.
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The great thing for me about 'The Resurrection of Gavin Stone' is it's a throwback to the old fashioned Hollywood movie that you can watch with your family, has a message, and is funny and entertaining. They didn't call them faith-based movies; they just called them good movies.
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All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then NATO should carry out air strikes.
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The world for our law enforcement community has changed dramatically: everything from filling out paperwork to relationships with the community and how they think the narrative is in the media.
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Give me a fruitful error anytime, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections.
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You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.
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I was a stubborn cuss, and I made some mistakes.
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Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs.
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GATHERING LEAVES Spades take up leaves No better than spoons, And bags full of leaves Are light as balloons. I make a great noise Of rustling all day Like rabbit and deer Running away. But the mountains I raise Elude my embrace, Flowing over my arms And into my face. I may load and unload Again and again Till I fill the whole shed, And what have I then? Next to nothing for weight, And since they grew duller From contact with earth, Next to nothing for color. Next to nothing for use. But a crop is a crop, And who's to say where The harvest shall stop?
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You can close the city gates, but you can’t close the people’s mouths.
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I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I think it was the right decision because the Taliban at that point had gotten a lot of momentum before I'd gotten into office, partly because we hadn't been paying attention as much as we needed to to Afghanistan.
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Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's corn; Men eat of it and die.
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He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.
