Plautus Quotes

A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

Plautus

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• I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Perspective
  • Ambition
  • Grace

• There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Music
  • Moments
  • Influence

• Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing.

  

  Bai Ling
  • Sometimes
  • Name
  • White

• The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Time
  • Long
  • Day

• There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.

  

  B. B. King
  • Done
  • Want
  • Still

• I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.

  

  Patricia Riggen
  • Women
  • Me
  • Wish

• I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Regret
  • More
  • Beliefs

• There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.

  

  Karen Kain
  • Life
  • Challenge
  • New

• Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • Future
  • Years

• Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Taken
  • Trust
  • Democracy

• The fictionally correct have all the answers, and that's what's wrong with them. They're artistic technocrats. There's no dilemma so knotty, no question so baffling, that it can't be smoothly neutralized by dialing up the right attitude adjustment. Poor old Hemingway. If only he'd known.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Up
  • Question
  • Attitude

• Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Justice
  • Charity
  • Legal

• The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Life
  • Time
  • Good

• We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

  

  Rachel Corrie
  • You
  • Protecting
  • Unarmed

• Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.

  

  Lance Armstrong
  • Me
  • Hurt
  • Scary

• It's like someone cutting up a loved one in front of you, all the time insisting they've got your best interests at heart. They're very devious nowadays.

  

  Malcolm Wilson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Heart

• I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Alone
  • Isolation

• I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation's ever seen. And in particular, I think he is a true believer in government control of the economy and of our everyday lives. In my judgment, we are facing what I consider to be the epic battle of our generation, quite literally the battle over whether we remain a free market nation.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • True
  • Free
  • Control

• Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age.

  

  Bjork
  • Age
  • Feminist

• Sleep is probably the most important biological function. If you don't get enough sleep, you can get psychiatric illnesses and all types of different illnesses.

  

  Carl Hart
  • Different
  • Important
  • Sleep

• When I was younger - I don't do this too much now - but sometimes if I couldn't sleep, I would lie in bed and imagine all the characters I've played at a dinner table together.

  

  Jefferson Mays
  • Together
  • Sleep

• I found that being with happy positive people annoys me.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • People
  • Happy
  • Positive

• I was told I wasn't black enough for certain jobs because of the way I speak and carry myself and because I was raised in Europe. It's why I left L.A.

  

  Reg E. Cathey
  • Certain
  • Europe
  • Carry

• A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

  

  Plautus