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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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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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 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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People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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My father died when I was only five years old, and that was the moment when I learned a cruel lesson that tomorrow, in fact, might not be another day.
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For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design.
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My best advice is to not start in PowerPoint. Presentation tools force you to think through information linearly, and you really need to start by thinking of the whole instead of the individual lines.
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I actually love actresses who look like they feel really natural. I like Patricia Clarkson, Laura Linney, Frances McDormand. Those are actresses where the second they show up on screen you're like, oh my gosh, this movie just got so much better.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
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I never had a desire to be a filmmaker. As a child and a teenager and in college, I was not aware of black women making films.
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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.
