Socrates Quotes
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Awards don't really mean much.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may be necessary to develop the discipline to search the scriptures daily.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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Saudi had been a very restricted place. Even on the magazines there, if there was a little leg or cleavage showing, they used to blacken it with a black mark. Me and Ishmeet, so many times, had tried to remove the black portion with our spit, but of course, it would never come out.
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This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order.
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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
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My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.
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Showbiz can be cruel.
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Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts.
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I have a ton of guy friends who talk to me about their bodies, too. But boys are often left out of the body positivity conversation.
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Water keeps hogs cool during the summer months, and the hogs use mud to help protect their skin from insects. Hogs root to eat, and rooting in muddy areas is much easier than rooting in dry areas.
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The miracle of life is enough for me to believe in miracles.
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A good name is like a precious ointment; it filleth all around about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
