Plutarch Quotes
Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.
Quotes to Explore
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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The whole cast of 'Company' was invited to Hal Prince's house. This is one of the highlights of my life. We all sat in the living room. Sitting on the floor, I was right by the piano.
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I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach.
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Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.
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We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.
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Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.
