Plato Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.
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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.
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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
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They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have been women, you know, Sonia Gandhi for heaven's sakes in India.
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I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
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We know that for children, hunger is especially devastating.
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I think there's this essential human desire to have a unified field theory. Everyone is like, 'I want to unlock the single secret to 'Lost.' There isn't any one secret. There is not a unified field theory for 'Lost,' nor do we think there should be, because philosophically, we don't buy into that as a conceit.
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Happiness implied a choice, and within that choice a concerted will, a lucid desire.
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Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.
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Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.
