Plato Quotes
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.
Quotes to Explore
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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I think there is no reason for us to bring to Islamism or political Islam the fear and ignorance of Western commentators and their hysterical vocabulary.
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There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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A block chain is a series of blocks. Each block is a series of computations done by computers all over the world using serious cryptography in a way that's very hard to undo.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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I pity Americans for their very bad fruits. Your 'mango' is cucumber. The only thing I really miss about Egypt is mangoes.
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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I believe in the institution of marriage; Other than cinema, it's the only way to be immortalised!
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Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times.
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I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the only responsible route to take with any child, because it's not necessarily the easiest of lives.
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Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition.
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I am always happy to use my song and dance training.
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There is no single rule that governs the use of geometry. I don't think that one exists.
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Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex.
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What’s the point of opening yourself up to your friends if they don’t notice you in your vulnerable state? The point of it all is to love friends completely and utterly, at their best and worst, and to love more than just the good things. It’s about showing that you’re willing to accept them for whatever they are, that they should not feel insecure or self-conscious in your presence, which can be a hard task to achieve.
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We gotta be proud to be Latino. It's almost like we cheating because we're American and we live by American customs, but at the same time, we got that Latino culture. We cheating; we double dipping.
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A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.
