Plato Quotes
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.
Quotes to Explore
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Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs.
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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I hate camping, but I love summer camp.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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My Welsh grandmother Mair didn't meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early '40s.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
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In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades.
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You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
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If I ever end up on the worst-dressed list, it's not going to make me fall apart.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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We plan, we toil, we suffer - in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire of Asia? A trip to the moon? No, no, no, no. Simply to wake just in time to smell coffee and bacon and eggs.
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After all, what bit of money I’ve made has been made among mosquitoes and sand-flies, snakes in the bedroom, long monotonous damp heat, boredom, exasperation with native clerks. Who are these sweet stay-at-homes, sweet well-contents, to try and suck it out of me and feel aggrieved if they can’t have it?
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I don't know, maybe I'm immature, but I still find it funny if I dump cold water on my girlfriend when she's in the shower.
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Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.
