Plato Quotes

Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

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• The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.

  

  Rachel Maddow
  • Up
  • Think
  • Problem

• All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.

  

  Kat Graham
  • People
  • Great
  • Women

• I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

  

  M. C. Escher
  • Enough
  • Dreams
  • Use

• People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.

  

  Damon Hill
  • People
  • Feel
  • Comfortable

• I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.

  

  Maggie Grace
  • Like
  • Now
  • Legs

• I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.

  

  Yvette Nicole Brown
  • Time
  • Love
  • She

• Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Audience
  • United States

• I am surrounded by great people.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • People
  • Great

• The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • Fun
  • Way
  • Me

• If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away. Thank God no one in the 'Evil Dead' family thinks that way.

  

  Fede Alvarez
  • Great
  • God
  • Family

• I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.

  

  Kate del Castillo
  • World
  • Leader

• When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.

  

  Banks
  • Thinking
  • Feel
  • Better

• Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Wanted
  • Accident
  • Blueprint

• While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.

  

  Sam Harris
  • War
  • Fear
  • Ideas

• I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

  

  Jackie DeShannon
  • Guitar
  • Down
  • Three

• A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.

  

  Walter Lang
  • Asking
  • Species
  • Definition

• Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Music
  • Country
  • School

• Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.

  

  Karen Traviss
  • Up
  • Work
  • Mind

• He did a great job of telling them, 'Hey, this program is not where we want it to be. But we're not making a change. And we're going into next year with this coaching staff.' It was fortunate, just for our peace of mind, that Joel was with us on the trip.

  

  Dan Monson
  • Change
  • Making
  • Coaching

• I don't need Hollywood. With or without them, I'll be fine. But I'll admit it would be nice to have them on board.

  

  Russell Peters
  • Needs
  • Fine
  • Boards

• In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Power
  • End
  • Actor

• God is absolutely holy and wise. His nature, attributes, and power are all holy. He is omnipresent, incorporeal, unborn, immense, omniscient, omnipotent, merciful and just. He is the maker, protector, and destroyer of worlds.

  

  Dayananda Saraswati
  • God
  • Power
  • Nature

• We make all the decisions on our records... We have complete veto power.

  

  Mike D The Beastie Boys
  • Power
  • Records
  • Decisions

• Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

  

  Plato
  • Power
  • Seek
  • Hold It