Socrates Quotes
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher.
Quotes to Explore
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My hunger is always there.
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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To Westerners, the students at Tiananmen may have given an impression of a solid and energetic consensus against dictatorship and for democracy, but they were an egotistical and fractious lot, riven by disagreements over tactics and money.
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I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.
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Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.
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In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.
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Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
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I think the whole concept that women aren't funny is dead. It's over; it's done.
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I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.
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Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world.
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I'd feel weird on a show where it was a bunch of dudes that are my type. I like sticking out a little.
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Agent Coulson takes the work very seriously. He certainly has some fun with Spider-Man and the others, but he takes each of their tasks, including when they get involved with the drama club, way too seriously. The adventures that they come up with are really exciting.
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A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.
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I'm very happy because I won a lot. I've won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.
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Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher.
