Plato Quotes
[Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a lack of energy in the pursuit of it, and it is difficult. In the second place, students cannot learn it unless they have a teacher. But then a teacher can hardly be found.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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My mother and my father divorced during the time that my father was getting his Ph.D. at Tulane.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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You wear fur, it's like you trying to be something you not. You get fur, you can spend the same money on like, 30 jackets.
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Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences. Ask a question, translated into many languages and somebody, somewhere in the world, will have an answer.
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I cannot abide being bored.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
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We are all terminal.
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I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position.
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I'll accept being Phoebe to people for a while longer, given how much fun it was. That's totally fair.
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I respect every opponent no matter their record, no matter their title belts. I approach each opponent the same way.
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I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it.
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You have to pay attention to who you are. You need to know your family history as well as you can. It is important for young women to have preventive care. If you catch any women's cancers early it's the difference between life and death. Do you really want to leave your kids without a mother?
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[Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a lack of energy in the pursuit of it, and it is difficult. In the second place, students cannot learn it unless they have a teacher. But then a teacher can hardly be found.
