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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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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.
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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.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
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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.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.
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Tolerance is the uncomfortable feeling that in the end the other could be right.
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How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.
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My childhood was completely dominated by Bill Clinton and the OJ trial. I don't think we had a family dinner where one didn't come up.
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Most importantly, what you get from a greasy spoon is a certain kind of smell that has been almost legislated out of existence. It is cigaretty, certainly, and it also has the catch-throat quality of smoking fat. It is a warm, companionable fug that rises to meet you as you step through the door on a late autumn day and it is how public places used to smell in my childhood in the 1970s. It is real, it is human, and it beats anything I know.
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I need to be allowed to make my own decisions and mistakes, take leaps - and fall - without receiving too much help, because it's what I'll be doing for the rest of my life.
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The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.
