Plotinus Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
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In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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I remember how to be a person by being around them.
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I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book, I haven't got time to read a whole book for a fifty dollar write-up.
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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
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I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
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Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.
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There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in California. It is going to be scarce, it is going to be expensive.
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When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.
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When I was in seventh grade, I was a scrawny boy with no muscles, so I went out for wrestling. My intention was to develop secret wrestling skills so that if I were jumped by a bully, I'd shout, 'Ha!' and he'd be on the ground in a headlock.
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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
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If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school.
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Many people struggle to make hummus that lives up to their expectations at home, and recreating a favourite brand or the stuff from your local deli is almost impossible.
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I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride.
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None of us wants to be reminded that dementia is random, relentless, and frighteningly common.
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The answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous, or asleepTry to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.' Continue to share your heart with people even if it has been broken.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.
