Plutarch Quotes
Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty.
Quotes to Explore
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
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I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
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I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.
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The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
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I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
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My heroes were always Looney Toons, Robin Williams, the Three Stooges. I think everything I do is kinda funny. I think I'm sort of ridiculous.
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It's two people that are in love with one another. What's the issue?
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What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.
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Writing is solitary, so I love going out once in a while and meeting my readers. I'll often hang with them after a signing for some beers. They're invariably bright!
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Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market place.
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Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty.
