Socrates Quotes
I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
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I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
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It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.
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I know there is a bounty on my head, such as there is with many other leaders and protesters.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.
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The toxic effect of carbon monoxide on man has nothing to do with inhibition of cellular respiration by carbon monoxide but is based on the reaction of carbon monoxide with blood iron.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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I'm the most recognised and loved man that ever lived.
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If you knew my wife, you'd be like, 'Yeah, you're very married.' She runs the household. I refer to her as 'the greatest director I've ever worked with.'
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I like to be comfortable, and don't like to be cold, and I don't like to wear anything I'm not in the mood for.
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Here an attempt is made to explain suffering: the outcaste of traditional Hinduism is held to deserve his fetched fate; it is a punishment for the wrongs he did in a previous life.
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You know, for myself, my personal journey has been a very fortunate one and I would say to people it's like the stars lined up and the skies opened up and the sun shined and I met the right people - was at the right time. And, most importantly, you know I love what I do.
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I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
