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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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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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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All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true.
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John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn sold rhubarb all over town from the family garden.
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San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty.
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This is all very nice, because the ideas that Jack and the Beat generation stood for are needed today more than ever. But I'm not so interested in nostalgia. I'm interested in the future.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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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.
