Plato Quotes
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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The correlation of quality of life and cost of energy is huge.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I have my problems with 'Singles'. To me, 'Singles' is the least successful of the movies I've been lucky enough to make.
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I've noticed that, with many of the authors I like, I tend to think I would dislike them as human beings or that there'd be a healthy amount of debate if I ever did meet them.
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I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
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In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you in. On TV or in movies, everything is so small. You can just lock into a character and ease yourself into that way.
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No one person is an island.
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I always have a backpack. I was a poet, so it reminds me of being a backpack poet.
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This bright wood-fire. So like to that which warmed and lit. My youthful days - how doth it flit. Back on the periods nigher. Relighting and rewarming with its glow. The bright scenes of my youth - all gone out now.
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I don't want to misrepresent who I am personally. I don't want my kids to see me on a talk show and say, "You're talking different" or "You look different, dad." I'm not gonna be an animal; I know how to conduct myself.
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The world is always in movement.
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While the religious divisions in our world are self-evident, many people still imagine that religious conflict is always caused by a lack of education, by poverty, or by politics.
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The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
