Socrates Quotes
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I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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'Free State of Jones' went beyond that. It got into how the South wasn't as homogenous as we thought it was - or even the North for that matter, where we like to assume everyone wanted to free the slaves and they were all abolitionists. It actually shows how complex these ideologies were on both sides.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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I put on whatever is comfortable on me. Suit, jeans and tee as long as it's comfortable. It doesn't matter what brand. If it looks good I buy it.
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I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.
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The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being looked down upon, it's that sense of failure that's built into a system that assures everyone they can make it to the top, but then reserves the top for only a tiny fraction of the strivers.
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When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.
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As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.
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Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains.
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My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.
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Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.
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Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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Having the option to be able to have a career and feel good about yourself as an individual and still be a great mother is definitely a possibility.
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The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.
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I come from a heavy-lidded people. My family, you'll see pictures of them, and it's the same thing all the way back to Scotland.
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But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.
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Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.
