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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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 can scare myself like a pro.
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I long for books; I am utterly greedy about them.
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I wanted to be an actor, and when that day happened that was sort of like the end. Now let it take me.
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The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.
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I have wonderful friends. I'm not just a lonely old lady.
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They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
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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.
