Plutarch Quotes
If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.
Quotes to Explore
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And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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I'm a genuine person - I will never promote something I don't believe in.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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I am a normal guy.
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When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.
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I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.
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I'm attracted to the rag & bone aesthetic - classic and effortless with an edge.
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Breaking is when someone starts to laugh in the middle of a scene, which is so fun to watch.
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I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.
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I've done a lot of films that are purely live-action roles, and even if I hadn't come across performance capture as a technology, I think I'd always consider myself a sort of mercurial actor.
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Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.
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If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.
