Plutarch Quotes
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that.
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Death is not extinction. Neither the soul nor the body is extinguished or put out of existence.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
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Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.
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Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.
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'Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.
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There are two languages: one as things seem to us and the other of knowledge.
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Early versions of Microsoft Word left a lot to be desired. However, to the company's credit, it quickly learned where Word fell short, made the necessary changes, and repeatedly introduced new versions of the software.
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Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.
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This isn't about grabbing people's guns; this isn't about changing the Second Amendment. This simply says that someone who is on the terrorist watch list - a dangerous terrorist - should not be able to purchase a gun.
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Death is just life's next big adventure.
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Yes, well I had all my serious illnesses in late middle age. And now I'm just stuck, I'm afraid.
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The first premise of all human history is, of course, the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be established is the physical organisation of these individuals and their consequent relation to the rest of nature.
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You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
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Life is life. Some of the wisest people you meet are sweeping our streets.
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I studied fashion at the London College of Fashion. I get involved in it as part of my own styling, so if I wasn't a pop star maybe a fashion buyer or a stylist.
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Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined.
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No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
