Plato Quotes
He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
Quotes to Explore
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I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don't, I throw them out and try something else. I don't agonize about it.
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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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The more I go on in this career of making albums, writing songs and playing music, the more I think of each album as a movie. I really wanted to make a film, but making a film is much more expensive than making a record.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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I'm a bit of a 'Throny,' as I think the 'Game of Thrones' fans refer to themselves.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
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I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range.
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I love Rihanna. I think her style just pushes a lot of boundaries. My tomboy side takes inspiration from her.
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I think because Sport Lux has come in and leisure wear is a new thing, girls can sneak in hoodies and leggings and so on where they wouldn't normally - it has been proper legitimate fashion.
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The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.
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If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
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I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
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I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.
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Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world.
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Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through.
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Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
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Even as a kid - do all kids think about this? I hope they don’t, I hope my kids don’t think about this - I was always thinking about, "Well, what are we doing? What is this all about?"
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I always get sick of these conversations where people are so obsessed with pixels, with high definition, and even with technology in general. I find it just dull and heartless. And so I wanted to use only the worst machines.
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My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.
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I grew up in a small town where we played around on motorcycles and things, but it really started when I got old enough. I think I was obsessed with the culture of riding. I got sick of having to date guys who rode motorcycles for me to be on them.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
