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 makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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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 hundreds and hundreds of people from Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Argentina, every day, buying my music and telling me about it online.
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I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.
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I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.
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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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Most people don't know who the hell I am. But that's not really important.
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I think people see me as someone very much associated with political agreement and, probably more than anything else, being able to build a relationship with loyalist leaders Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson.
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I honestly feel it could all end tomorrow. Not just the band thing - I mean life.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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People with high assurance in their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather than as threats to be avoided.
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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.