Plutarch Quotes
Pompey had fought brilliantly and in the end routed Caesar's whole force... but either he was unable to or else he feared to push on. Caesar said to his friends: 'Today the enemy would have won, if they had had a commander who was a winner.'
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
B. F. Skinner
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
Jack Davenport
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
Pardis Sabeti
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
Wally Schirra
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
Edmund Burke
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
Laura Prepon
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A busybody's work is never done.
A. N. Wilson
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Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.
Eckhart Tolle
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
Sam Heughan
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
Ted Koppel
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I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.
Harriet Harman
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Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
Fatos Nano
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
Imelda Staunton
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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We have people working for us full-time because they were forced to retire at 65. I know that I never want to stop working, and I am glad that I can offer positions to others who feel the same way.
Carl Karcher
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
Edgardo Osorio
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I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
Malorie Blackman
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
Solon
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A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable in front of a crowd. I felt like I was calling on all those other experiences.
Zephyr Teachout
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People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as.
Eartha Kitt
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I did not stay at the 'Today' show because of money. I think there are other ways to make money.
Matt Lauer
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The truth of the matter is that chess is not the game of life because life does not ever happen the way you strategize and plan.
Jason Reynolds
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Pompey had fought brilliantly and in the end routed Caesar's whole force... but either he was unable to or else he feared to push on. Caesar said to his friends: 'Today the enemy would have won, if they had had a commander who was a winner.'
Plutarch