Plutarch Quotes
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
Quotes to Explore
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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I like doing stuff like, for instance, in the 'Leave the Night On' video, I had on a plain white T-shirt. I just wanted to do something to it to make it a little different, so I just cut a big strip out of the side, from the shirttail up to my armpit, and cut a big red strip out of another T-shirt and just sewed it in there.
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I only seem to date younger women.
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There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.
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If you ever were bullied, you'll always remember that feeling.
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
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I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about issues like this doesn't have to be a lawyer and can read it and understand it.
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Faith is never identical with piety.
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Families don't make projects for five years, they make projects for generations.
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A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
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I love to be in front of big galleries.
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To pray only when in peril is to use safety belts only in heavy traffic.
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Spit bars you can't touch, like tits in strip bars, get scarred, I drop hits to hit hard
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I sometimes have to look back and say, "Wow, this is amazing what has happened to me. I have been able to fulfill a lot of these dreams that I had when I was very young." It's a pretty amazing feeling. But at the same time it becomes addictive!
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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
