Plato Quotes
The truth is that we isolate a particular kind of love and appropriate it for the name of love, which really belongs to a wider whole.
Quotes to Explore
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.
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But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
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Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.
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Ever since I was little, I looked up to Destiny's Child so much; I looked up to the Spice Girls and En Vogue. A piece of me wanted to be in a girl group.
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One of the hardest things for me to do is be fully open in a poem. By that I mean, honest and not trying to amplify some mythological version of myself. I was a poor, geeky black kid in Indianapolis. There is nothing mythological about that. So to try to truly render the kind of economic and racial inequity I grew up in, I had to find a way to be more honest about what happened. And it wasn't fun to write, even though the poems aren't 100% autobiographical.
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The truth is that we isolate a particular kind of love and appropriate it for the name of love, which really belongs to a wider whole.
