Plato Quotes
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Quotes to Explore
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
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Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids and made stacks of quarters. Of course, the berries were poisonous, and I got in all types of trouble.
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Healthcare is a very complicated business and you need a very different business model to be successful in India; yet at a global level, there are a lot of challenges and opportunities.
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I feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.
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Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
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I love simple, elegant clothing with a hint of sexy, and that, for me, is so hard to find. I usually always end up finding Australian brands, and Kookai is an example of that.
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We do not argue with the critic who urges that the stars are not hot enough for this process; we tell him to go and find a hotter place.
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People think that every day we pass monumental legislation. Oftentimes, the most important thing that you have done that day is help a family with a visa.
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With all the... success that I've been lucky enough to get? That doesn't happen unless the home life is solid.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
