Plato Quotes
It was Plato, according to Sosigenes, who set this as a problem for those concerned with these things, through what suppositions of uniform and ordered movements the appearances concerning the movements of the wandering heavenly bodies could be preserved.
Quotes to Explore
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If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a 'Gone with the Wind 2.'
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Part of the whole L.A. mentality that nothing really matters unless it's a success... is such a shallow and dangerous attitude to have.
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I've been fortunate to work with some amazing Asian filmmakers in independent film.
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Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait about another six years before I finally got around to quitting that. I'm sure glad I did.
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I was proud of how our guys bounced back. It would be easy to accept what was going on. We were up earlier in the game as well and gave it up. We'll just have to find a way to play better.
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What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?
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There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.
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If we studied human beings which can include human genes, human blood samples, and human behavior, then you can leave the animals out of the labs and you can leave them off your plate.
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Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.
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She wanted God to make sense. He doesn't. He will make no more sense to me than I will make sense to an ant.
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The truth is everything in the end. It is the greatest power in the world to make all people equal. If everyone knows what the truth is, no one can use lies to separate those people and turn them against one another.
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Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.
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Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years.
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The coffee shop played a big role in Vienna of 1900. Rents were sky high, housing was difficult to come by, your apartment probably wasn't heated, and so you went to the coffee shop. You went to the coffee shop because it was warm, because it was great Viennese coffee, and you went for the conversation and the company.
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Are not gross bodies and light convertible into one another; and may not bodies receive much of their activity from the particles of light which enter into their composition? The changing of bodies into light, and light into bodies, is very conformable to the course of Nature, which seems delighted with transmutations.
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Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
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I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.
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I never set out to be a published writer.
