Plutarch Quotes
We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things.
Plutarch
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.
Pat Paulsen
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
Sam Shepard
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We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
Raf Simons
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
Tamsin Egerton
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Winning one league title at Roma, to me, is worth winning 10 at Juventus or Real Madrid.
Francesco Totti
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An audience is the perfect thing to unleash venom and hate on. It doesn't necessarily mean you hate everyone in the audience but when you've got a so-called adoring mass in front of you, it's a perfect target for that kind of disgust. Sometimes you find yourself in a position where you're venting your disgust on an audience and a lot of them keep coming back 'cos they actually like that aspect. In a way that diffuses the feeling and you don't gel the same release.
Nick Cave
The Birthday Party
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If people want to own a rifle or something like that for hunting purposes only, I tend to agree with that. But semi-automatic weapons and handguns, that's just unreal. I mean, what good are handguns?
Johnny Van Zant
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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My real passion is to make movies, to direct. It's good for my ego to be an actress. It's like someone is saying, 'Yes, you're beautiful! Yes, you're doing fine!' But I feel like a child when I'm an actress.
Maiwenn
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We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things.
Plutarch