Plato Quotes
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Honest communication is a rare thing.
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Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator.
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I had to let my ego go a long time ago.
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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.
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Most of all, I love unfussy, unpretentious, simple food made with excellent ingredients. If I'm a snob, it's about quality, not cuisine.
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Giant squid aren't rare. Based on the number of beaks that have been found in the stomachs of sperm whales, it's thought that there are actually millions of them in the ocean, and yet, we haven't seen them.
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Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.
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Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
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I have Vie Luxe candles in every room. In 2006 I spent the month of August in Sardinia, and the scent reminds me of the wonderful time we had.
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I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.
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Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare.
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Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.
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I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.
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I love comedy, but it's dramas that stick with me.
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From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected - I was very tall and skinny, and I didn't look like anybody else, I didn't even look like any member of my family.
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If you call a hundred dollars but have a chance to win $10,000, those are excellent odds if you are at a table with people who have two aces or two kings. If you catch a flop you will get all their chips. I just play them because there is value.
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A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful in using men puts himself below them. This is called the strength to use men. This is called matching Heaven, The highest principle of old.
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And there is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can be about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can, so that it doesn’t ever feel like I’m just waiting around for some guy to ask me out. And most importantly, it’s good for us all to remember that we don’t need to scheme and plot and beg to get someone to ask us out. We’re fantastic.
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A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil's environment who treats him with respect.
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Excellent things are rare.