Plutarch Quotes

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

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• This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.

  

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• 'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.

  

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• Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.

  

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• Women should learn from men to compartmentalize. It's a great skill that some women have naturally but others have to practice. The goal is to keep one area of your life that might not be going well from causing unnecessary disruptions in another area.

  

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• Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.

  

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• With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.

  

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• Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.

  

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• Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

  

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• Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

  

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• We will stand by the Paris climate deal.

  

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• During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men.

  

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• I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something that I was going to try desperately to woo a listener. As long as I'm using my voice in a way that helps people understand what I'm trying to say, then I feel like I'm doing all right.

  

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• The worst form anger can take is that of a parent who feels her or his chance for 'winning my child' is enhanced by 'ruining my ex.' The law has given the most vindictive parent an invitation to play the 'abuse' card. This is the 'Great Temptation.'

  

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• If to serenade almost to man Is to miss, by that, things as they are, Say that it is the serenade Of a man that plays a blue guitar.

  

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• Genealogies are admirable things, provided they do not encourage the curious delusion that some families are older than others.

  

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• They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'

  

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• We were the first Fascists, when we had 100,000 disciplined men, and were training children, Mussolini was still an unknown. Mussolini copied our Fascism.

  

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• When all is said and done, cheap gas is an illusion, because our reliance on gas creates a whole series of costs that aren't factored in to the pump price - among them congestion, pollution, and increased risk of accidents.

  

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• One of my goals is to become a WWE Hall of Famer.

  

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• Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

  

  Plutarch