Plutarch Quotes
When he was in great prosperity, and courted by many, seeing himself splendidly served at his table, he turned to his children and said: 'Children, we had been undone, if we had not been undone'.
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Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.
Umberto Eco
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
Tamsin Greig
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
Yanis Varoufakis
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Being evil is easy.
J. K. Simmons
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
Laetitia Casta
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Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
Mads Mikkelsen
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
J. Cole
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
Taissa Farmiga
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
Sam Neill
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
B. D. Wong
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
Brown Campbell
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
Maggie Smith
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.
Yochai Benkler
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
Gareth Gates
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
Fat Joe
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In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
Pankaj Mishra
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We don't know who Donald Trump is.
Bill Flores
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The movie 'Rock 'n' Roll High School' was a sacred text in my household.
Colson Whitehead -
I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
Tamron Hall
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It is a great blessing to have light in our lives - a light that helps us see things as they really are, light that illuminates our understanding, light we can follow with confidence and perfect trust.
Margaret D. Nadauld
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I have to thank God for bringing me through and allowing me to continue to do charitable work for other sick children suffering with sickle cell.
Tionne Watkins TLC
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When he was in great prosperity, and courted by many, seeing himself splendidly served at his table, he turned to his children and said: 'Children, we had been undone, if we had not been undone'.
Plutarch