Plato Quotes
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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This is a group playing together and that's the only way, I feel, this play can be successful and moving. I am so lucky to have the people that are in it. When I came here I didn't know who was going to be in the play.
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Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
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Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
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In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best.
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Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
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It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
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I just can't see myself as a trophy wife. I can't imagine not having my own life.
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I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.
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I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
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Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.
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Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.
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I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night, it's unique and that you care.
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If you have the opportunity to go be an early employee at a company that's just going crazy, and you believe it's the next Facebook or Google, you should go join that company.
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I saw 'Mahogany' and 'Lady Sings the Blues' when I was little and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'
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Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.
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The fundamental principles of prosperity in every country are so well understood that they need but little if any discussion. They are so simple that with the proper cooperative action the American people collectively can easily place this wonderful country of ours in the position that it is so well qualified to hold among the nations of the world.
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All forms of government ultimately are not going to succeed in trying to control or censor the Internet.
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Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.
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Most critical fault-finding, when reduced to its essentials, simply amounts to reproach of the author because he is himself -- thinks, feels, sees, and creates, as himself, instead of seeing and creating in the way the critic would have done.
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The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
