Plato Quotes
Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?
Quotes to Explore
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I never cared about modeling. As a model, you're powerless.
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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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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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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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've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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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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My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.
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Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
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We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
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War on terrorism reflects, in my view, a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy for a superpower and for a great democracy with genuinely idealistic traditions.
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I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.
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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
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When I was a kid, my parents would play badminton, but I hardly joined them. I'd just pick up their racquets and fiddle around. Check out how the racquet was made... toss it around to see how light it was! At the time, I didn't even know I'd play badminton.
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You can’t make a good deal with a bad person. '23 Quotes from Warren Buffett on Life and Generosity' forbes.com (02 December 2013)
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We cannot all afford a farm in Cuba or a suite at the George V in newly liberated Paris, and more often than not must strive to forge our clean, well-lighted sentences at a folding table wedged between the baby's cot and the dining table.
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Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'
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Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.
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The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be.
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Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?
