Plato Quotes
He who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful ... will not, when in earnest, write them in ink.Plato
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
F. Gary Gray -
A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
Abba Eban -
It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
Sam Harris -
The wonderful thing about modern medicine is that so many of these complaints that used to signify old age and decline can be coped with.
Ian Mckellen -
I'm the blackest villain of all time.
Ian McDiarmid -
Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
Manoj Bhargava
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
Ted Engstrom -
'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy.
R. Kelly -
I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
Randy Newman -
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Oprah Winfrey -
It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
Walter O'Brien -
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Samuel Johnson
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
Cameron Bright -
Small okra pods have a much more attractive texture than large ones, which, when cooked, can be gloopy, stringy and totally spoil a dish.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.
Mahavira -
At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action.
Walter Pater -
I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
Jack Kevorkian -
When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.
Sade Adu
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We have over 500,000 illegal immigrants living in Arizona. And we simply cannot sustain it. It costs us a tremendous amount of money of course in health care, in education, and then, on top of it all, in incarceration. And the federal government doesn't reimburse us on any of these things.
Jan Brewer -
To cover up actual lack of knowledge, the tale develops an explanation which amounts to divine intervention. It is an easy and, to the primitive mind, a plausible and satisfactory way to explain something of which nothing at all is known.
Clifford D. Simak -
I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.
Jackie Evancho -
The soul is here for its own joy.
Rumi -
If one takes a public stand against, say, most any sin you can think of, one is considered "courageous" and a "defender of the faith." Folks will quickly applaud you and tell you how much they admire you for "taking a stand" on biblical truth. Except if you quote Matt. 5:44 and invite people to apply it in any sort of meaningful, literal way. The moment one begins to talk about loving your enemies they all of a sudden become "liberals," "extremists," or are accused of completely taking an otherwise straight forward passage "out of context.
Benjamin L. Corey -
He who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful ... will not, when in earnest, write them in ink.
Plato