Plutarch Quotes
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
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Probably the geekiest attribute that I have of them all is that I've always had a hard time meeting friends. Like no matter where I grew up and I moved around, I always had a hard time.
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I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.
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On a deeper level, if our sons are learning they are obscene, disgusting, and untrustworthy, is this the best preparation for fatherhood? And is it the best preparation for becoming a mother - to feel this way about her son?
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I have never once claimed that I have a Combat Action Badge. I have never claimed that I have a Purple Heart. What I have claimed is that I have served in a combat zone.
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If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That is something I am confident history will forgive.
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For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
