Plato Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
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Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
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When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'
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One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
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We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.
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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
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The world and its peoples being as they are, there is no easy or quick or infallible approach to a secure peace. It is only by patient, persistent, undismayed effort, by trial and error, that peace can be won. Nor can it be won cheaply, as the taxpayer is learning.
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Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.
