Plutarch Quotes
We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.Plutarch
Quotes to Explore
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
Pat Buckley -
Anyone who sits in our jails who is not just a criminal but what we call a terrorist, with or without blood on his hands - and these definitions are also unclear to me - should not be sitting in our custody.
Ada Yonath -
I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
Natascha McElhone -
The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
P. J. O'Rourke -
We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
Damian Lewis -
There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
Marat Safin
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
Jack Keane -
Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
Karan Johar -
Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
Yoko Ono -
I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
Oscar Isaac -
Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
Ed Miliband -
To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
J. B. Priestley
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I have made it a rule for a long time, not to part with the copyright of my drawings, for I have been so copied, my drawings reproduced and sold for advertisements and done in ways I hate.
Kate Greenaway -
Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
Vince Lombardi -
You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.
Nancy Reagan -
I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
FKA twigs -
I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
Naomie Harris -
If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
Abby Wambach
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In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
Dalai Lama -
An artist's career always begins tomorrow.
James Whistler -
Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth? - photography, once it begins to reproduce colors, and that won't be long in coming. And yet you want an intelligent man to sweat for months so as to give the illusion he can do something as well as an ingenious little machine can!
Paul Gauguin -
This post of President is a Constitutional post. It is the duty of everyone, all citizens to see that they respect the post... the institution of President.
Pratibha Patil -
Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.
Pythagoras -
We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.
Plutarch