Phaedrus (Gaius Julius Phaedrus) Quotes
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
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I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.
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Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.
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My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
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I don't argue with people... if they say I'm not funny, they're right, for them.
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The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.
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Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am.
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When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity.
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Use a corrector to do all the heavy lifting under the eyes, not concealer. I spent years re-applying and layering concealer and Touche Eclat under there, when what I really needed was a good, peachy-toned corrector.
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Logotherapy sees the human patient in all his humanness. I step up to the core of the patient's being. And that is a being in search of meaning, a being that is transcending himself, a being capable of acting in love for others.
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But love like that doesn’t just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there’s always a little love left, underneath.Yes. Horrible, isn’t it?
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Some people will find any reason to hate. Don’t waste ur time. Lighten up! It takes so much less energy to smile than to hate. Enjoy life.
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Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.
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The bottom line is this - whereas Iran was steadily expanding its nuclear program, we have now cut off every single path that Iran could have used to build a bomb.
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Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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There is an inevitable divergence between the world as it is and the world as men perceive it.
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I wouldn't give up on the U.N. yet.
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Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.
