Socrates Quotes
I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
Quotes to Explore
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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All the energy, all the pain, sweat and tears that go into it, the amount I had to put in to get me to where I had to play, it was more taxing on me physically and mentally than it was good for me.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I got an agent and booked my first audition.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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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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Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.
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The communal life of human beings had . . . a two-fold foundation: the compulsion to work, which was created by external necessity, and the power of love.
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The only way I'm interested in having a baby is the old-fashioned way.
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You don’t think when you play music, you just try to play and be in it. It is the same for me when the writing is going really well. It’s the same kind of feeling. I’m just in it. It’s not the words, it’s not the sentences, I’m not aware of it. Then it’s good.
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There are tons of wonderful places to eat in London.
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I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
