Plato Quotes
There is no necessity for the man who means to be an orator to understand what is really just but only what would appear so to the majority of those who will give judgment; and not what is really good or beautiful but whatever will appear so; because persuasion comes from that and not from the truth.Plato
Quotes to Explore
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
Mahershala Ali -
I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
Imre Kertesz -
I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
Gail Carson Levine -
There is no diplomacy like candor.
E. V. Lucas -
It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
Ingrid Bergman -
I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
Kajal Aggarwal
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
Mandy Patinkin -
We live in a digital world, but we're fairly analog creatures.
Omar Ahmad -
I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
Halima Aden -
There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
Jack Kemp -
This Islam business kidnapped me.
Oriana Fallaci -
Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. And you can really hold their hands, not just sing about it. No disrespect to George Jones.
Gale Harold
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I love the hip-hop nation.
Pam Grier -
I was involved in legislating dozens of laws, perhaps hundreds. But my glory didn't lie in legislative work, if there is any glory in it. The Israeli law books are full of laws that aren't enforced anyway.
Yossi Sarid -
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
Jack Nicklaus -
Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
Caio Fonseca -
Foreign universities have two aspects - content and brand. If we focus on the brand, we could lose out on the content. The idea is to focus on the content.
Pallam Raju -
We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
Yo-Yo Ma
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
Yvonne Strahovski -
The roughest part is showing up. Once you throw yourself into the scene, it's just great fun to let it all go and not be self-conscious, and stop questioning whether you're sufficient.
William H. Macy -
Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.
William Landay -
The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.
Soren Kierkegaard -
I go where people are hurting. I stand on the stage, and I make people laugh for an hour and a half.
Katt Williams -
There is no necessity for the man who means to be an orator to understand what is really just but only what would appear so to the majority of those who will give judgment; and not what is really good or beautiful but whatever will appear so; because persuasion comes from that and not from the truth.
Plato