Socrates Quotes
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The one thing that is sort of sneered at and not really believed is bisexuality. Any bisexual man is just seen as a closeted gay man. That shows how narrow-minded people are. The other thing that's totally neglected and which nobody approves of is celibacy. People again assume that you're just repressing something.
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
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Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.
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My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
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The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.
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I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
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Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year.
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Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.
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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
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It must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the work, tending to freeze the new ideas and language into an inflexible, static condition.
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Thought changes structure... I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable obsessions and trauma.
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Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one without wisdom is happy.
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Clarity is essential. Knowing exactly what you want builds your self-confidence immeasurably.
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It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.
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Wisdom is knowing what you don't know.
