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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I feel the political failings of the U.S.A. are presidential in length, but the aspirant narrative of the States is millennial in length.
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My religion is my whole life. I love sharing it with people and clearing up any misunderstandings people might have about our Church.
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I'm a finesse pitcher without the finesse.
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Homosexuals can be, you know, committed to each other. And they have freedom to behave in the ways that they do, but they cannot be a family. They cannot be married. I mean, virtually every culture in the history of the world has considered marriage to be between one woman and one man.
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Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it.
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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.
