Plato Quotes
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
Quotes to Explore
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the way they need to go, there's a time when one has to step up... to set the organization back on the right direction.
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
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One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time, and you could actually get on with things a lot more quickly and easily.
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True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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Negative feedback can make people feel inferior.
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Consumer products are always a help. It provides the company with good cash flow, if not a lot of growth.
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I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.
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I literally cannot remember a time when I was not asking myself what events in 'Star Wars' were like for Princess Leia. The good side of all this is that what looked like 'goofing off' or 'daydreaming' these many years has all turned out to be valuable career preparation.
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The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
