Plutarch Quotes
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.
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There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.
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I went to live in Barcelona in 1975, when I was twenty. Even before I went there, I knew more about the Spanish Civil War than I did about the Irish Civil War. I liked Barcelona, and then I grew to like a place in the Catalan Pyrenees called the Pillars, especially an area between the village of Flavors and the high mountains around it.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.
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I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen.
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The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
