Plato Quotes
Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.
Quotes to Explore
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place - even for its enemies.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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I remember my school had some of the first Apple IIs in North Carolina. I remember, when I first started using them, we were using a cassette tape to store programs because we didn't have floppy disk drives.
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If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.
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It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
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I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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It would almost be sinful to say that I regretted doing 'Charlie's Angels' because it did so much for my career.
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We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
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It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke.
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A person who uses party as a verb is a person who will walk into a shop and walk out wearing a rubber jumpsuit.
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A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
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I was running an assembly line designed to build memory chips. I saw the microprocessor as a bloody nuisance.
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It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days, we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.
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Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.
