Plato Quotes
To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise him; and let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
Quotes to Explore
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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
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We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.
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It's not just what Christian fiction lacks I appreciate - it's what it offers. The variety is vast: contemporary, historical, suspense, mysteries, adventure, young adult, romance, fantasy, science fiction.
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Why is Iraq so easy to harm and so hard to help?
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When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.
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Central banks need to be able to buy bonds if there are short-term malfunctions of the markets. But buying bonds without differentiation and without limits would be very problematic.
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I always loved to gamble. I never got close to a horse. Fate dealt me a terrible blow when it gave me a good horse the first time out. I thought how easy this is. Now I love being around them.
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In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the next day. In dramas, it's very different - the mindset that you're in.
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I'm at the right age to work with dead people, but you have to be smart to be a CSI.
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There is an unwritten social rule now that you can harangue the wealthy to give money away, but you mustn't ask how the money was made. There are no galas celebrating the money people knew better than to seek. Charity begins after profit.
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It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.
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The most important single thing about string theory is that it's a highly mathematical theory, and the mathematics holds together in a very tight and consistent way. It contains in its basic structure both quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. That's big news.
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Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
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No worthy goal can be achieved easily. A virtue is born in suffering.
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To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise him; and let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
