Plato Quotes
Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to make me close my eyes is always the blues.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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Unfortunately, I'm very accident-prone.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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It's not for everybody to tweet, it's for everybody to follow. The more people figure that out, they see it's RSS-plus. It's literally the place you check for information.
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The important thing, once you get 'em laughing, is to keep 'em laughing until you're through. With a 90-minute feature, you've got to stop the laughter and then pick it up again, which is tough.
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When I checked into a hospital in Germany, after having been beaten by police in Sichuan, I was told there was bleeding in my brain and I was near fatal collapse. I was rushed into surgery. When I awoke I felt like a normal person again. But I will not feel whole until I and my fellow Chinese can live freely.
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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.
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Any contemporary political re-statement of liberal and socialist goals must include as central the idea of a society in which all men would become men of substantive reason, whose independent reasoning would have structural consequences for their societies, its history and thus for their own life fates.
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Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.
