Plato Quotes
The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
Salman Rushdie
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Going to rehearsals of school plays got me out of science. It became clear what inspired me and what dampened my spirit. The only other thing I could do at school was trampolining - it didn't seem to have much future in it.
Tamsin Greig
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To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
Sam Worthington
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I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.
Walton Goggins
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
Tahar Rahim
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
Zoe Saldana
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
J. Cole
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Philadelphia's a good science-fiction town. There are many professional writers here, like Michael Swanwick, Tom Purdom, Gregory Frost, Victoria McManus and others. There are professional artists such as Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger and Susan McAninley.
Gardner Dozois
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
Raghuram Rajan
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Despotism is a long crime.
Victor Hugo
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
Flip Wilson
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I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
Laura Dekker
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
Jack Lemmon
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
Barbara Sher
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A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.
Hamza Yusuf
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
Paris Jackson
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.
Victor Cruz
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One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect.
Jill Scott
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You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty.
Mother Teresa
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I grew up doing musicals in my childhood at school, along with all the plays I used to be involved in.
Yvonne Strahovski
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Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Claudia Black
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The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.
Plato