Plato Quotes
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My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.
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People want to see more diversity. That's why you have the Kevin Hart making $17 million dollars on a holiday weekend.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the '80s really changed when the '90s hit. For me to chase that dream or career of music, I started a family, started on 'Melrose Place,' so it was something I didn't have the time or energy.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world.
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My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.
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I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.
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Coproporphyrin in particular is widespread; traces are present in normal urine and also in yeast. In special cultures, yeast can be made to produce considerable quantities of coproporphyrin.
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On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.
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I think biologically we are attracted to more than one person, but given society and our needs, monogamy works better.
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You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.
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One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.
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My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.
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Four personalities are bound to clash.
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All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can't do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life.
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The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a genre, so to speak.
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The post of honour is a private station.
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To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
