Socrates Quotes
You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man.
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I just want to do my job.
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What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
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If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this – two books, some television and everything – I'd panic, I'd be scared.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.
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I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.
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I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.'
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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
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Satire doesn't effect change.
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You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.
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Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much.
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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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There is no muse of philosophy, nor is there one of translation.
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However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practise to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself.
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I find that life is easier when it is just a blurWith no details to confuse who or what or where I wasSo when the ending comes the full regret will be obscure
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George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.
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The finite play for life is serious; the infinite play of life is joyous.
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You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man.
