Pliny the Elder Quotes
Cincinnatus was ploughing his four jugera of land upon the Vaticanian Hill,-the same that are still known as the Quintian Meadows,-when the messenger brought him the dictatorship, finding him, the tradition says, stripped to the work.
Quotes to Explore
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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We are trying to push the envelope with a lot of characters in 'Brothers.' We are going out of the way and being honest to our roles.
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I knew from the first episode that 'Longmire' was something special - I met the writers/exec producers, read the script, and knew it was special, so to have the network and the studio and the fans get behind it in the way that they have has been really amazing.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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What is right is not always popular.
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I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have been so brilliant before you were in a band.'
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Cincinnatus was ploughing his four jugera of land upon the Vaticanian Hill,-the same that are still known as the Quintian Meadows,-when the messenger brought him the dictatorship, finding him, the tradition says, stripped to the work.
