Plutarch Quotes
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
Vidal Sassoon -
There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
Samuel Butler -
Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
Mae West -
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
W. H. Auden -
When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.
Ian MacKaye -
My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future.
Alfred Jodl
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There's only two choices when life goes wrong. You deal with it, or you check out, and, like 90% of people, I go for the former.
Bernard Sumner New Order -
Once I'm comfortable with someone, I'm not reserved. I'm a compulsive confessor.
Jennifer Connelly -
I've been involved in sport right through my life.
Lynn Davies -
And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.
Bernice Johnson Reagon -
I have seen the Raiders develop into what they are today.
Jim Otto -
Hollywood is like living in a weird bubble. A bunch of people take care of you and get you stuff, and you're the center of that little microcosmic world. You start believing that it is real and... you deserve it.
Chris Pine
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I never thought I could win the French Open.
Li Na -
I was onstage singing with Luke Bryan, and he started singing a song that we hadn't rehearsed. Both Luke and myself just winged it.
Brett Eldredge -
If I'm backed into a corner, the first thing that comes to mind is the robot from Forbidden Planet. But that could be me trying to be kitschy, cool, and cultural, because the real answer is R2D2.
Christian Slater -
If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life.
Abi Morgan -
I think there are two cities in the world - New York and Rome.
Frank McCourt -
I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York, the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, which is based on cameras, the outstanding work that results from that.
Peter T. King
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The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose - especially their lives.
Eugene V. Debs -
We reverence God and we hallow God's name when our life is such that it brings honor to God and attracts others to Him.
William Barclay -
I'm really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.
Paul Auster -
Wise men hear and see as little children do.
Lao Tzu -
Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.
Plutarch