Plutarch Quotes

Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

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• I really like Neutrogena for skin care and CoverGirl makeup. I can't stand heavy makeup. I feel like my skin can't breathe, and CoverGirl is really light.

  

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• When I write and develop things myself, I might work for a while on a script from a book, and then I go back and read the book and go back into it to see if I lost something: is there something there?

  

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• I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.

  

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• A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.

  

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• A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
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• As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

  

  Jack Levine
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• A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

  

  Lord Byron
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• From a Dataist perspective, we may interpret the entire human species as a single data-processing system, with individual humans serving as its chips. If so, we can also understand the whole of history as a process of improving the efficiency of this system through four basic methods:

  

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• Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London, I never tried to hide.

  

  Luke Evans
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• The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.

  

  Bob McDonnell

• For me, conscious parenting is staying attuned to your child, being really open and in the moment. It means staying as present as possible in your own breath for the betterment of your whole family.

  

  Anna Getty
  • Family
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• I like to exercise in the morning before work. It puts me in a good mood, which makes my coworkers happy, and jump-starts my brain, which makes me happy.

  

  Betsy Beers
  • Good
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• And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that.

  

  Little Milton
  • People
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• I get homesick for snow and for winter and for seasons and, really, for weather patterns. But L.A. has some of the best weather, so who can complain when it's 80 degrees and sunny?

  

  Darby Stanchfield
  • Winter
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• She had heard Papa sing so many songs about the heart; the heart that was breaking - was aching - was dancing -was heavy laden - that leaped for joy - that was heavy in sorrow - that turned over - that stood still. She really believed the heart actually did those things.

  

  Betty Smith
  • Heart
  • She
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• No matter what else they're doing, women are also always nurturing.

  

  Cokie Roberts
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• How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Hope
  • Education
  • Perfection

• I was always in front of the camera. My mom was really passionate about photography - I have pictures of my whole life. I've always just been in front of my mom's camera and it's always comfortable to me.

  

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  • Mom
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• The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

  

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• Our hope is to support projects that promote the personal and educational development of young people through creative programs that embrace innovation while celebrating rich traditions and cultural exchange.

  

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• Our government is a bird with two right wings... They're devoted to the perpetuation & spread of corporate capitalism.

  

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• But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved.

  

  Charlotte Bronte
  • Resist
  • Punish
  • Unjustly

• Reeling and Writhing of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied, 'and the different branches of arithmetic-ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision.

  

  Lewis Carroll
  • Replied
  • Reeling
  • Abmition

• Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

  

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