Plato Quotes
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
Quotes to Explore
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
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At times, some journalists see nothing in the people apart from an opportunity to make material gain. They see them as consumers to whom we sell commodities at huge profits that keep our bank accounts growing.
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Pain is the mind. It's the thoughts of the mind. Then I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being. Then those particular thoughts that are painful - love them. I love them to death!
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I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television.
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We must ensure that technology is accessible, affordable, and adds value.
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I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
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I'm far from being a homosexual.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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Loosen your girdle and let er fly!
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If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.
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Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.
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I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
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Mainstream media's representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black men's lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.
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I have no interest in going to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. I'm just not that kind of dude.
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I want to tell you what it was really like to think death is imminent, but I can't. It's a taste in your mouth. And an emptiness.
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I didn't like books where people played on a sports team and won a bunch of games, or went to summer camp and had a wonderful time. I really liked a book where a witch might cut a child's head off or a pack of angry dogs might burst through a door and terrorize a family.
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The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.
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Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed.
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I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
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I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started to get that musical essence from that time before I even do my first song.
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Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
