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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

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• Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

  

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• When I write, I feel that I'm writing with my intellect. When I paint, I think it's some other force making me paint. I - as I wrote in my novel 'My Name is Red' - watch with amazement what my hand is doing on the paper, what kind of line, what kind of strange, beautiful thing it's doing in spite of my will, so to speak.

  

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• There's no snobbery or resentment from serious polo people towards those who just come for the party.

  

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• Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works.

  

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• The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.

  

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• In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

  

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• In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.

  

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• I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.

  

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• My first concert was 'Nsync.

  

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• I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

  

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• Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate.

  

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• I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

  

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• Where could you find a light to guide the world?

  

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• I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.

  

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• A man is morally free when... he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.

  

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• 'H–hup!' said Roo accidentally. 'Roo, dear!' said Kanga reproachfully. 'Was it me?' asked Roo, a little surprised.

  

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• Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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• You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.

  

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• When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

  

  Plato