Socrates Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
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I still keep my accent.
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But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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I don't commit to things unless I have my A-team to do it. And I'm not trying to be cocky, but that shows in my productions. They are top notch!
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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Most people, from their second album on, find it much harder to be as spontaneously creative as they were with their first couple of records, and some people only have one thing that they do.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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Illinois needs a single-payer health care system, and as governor, I will take the steps to get us there.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
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It was among farmers and potato diggers and old men in workhouses and beggars at my own door that I found what was beyond these and yet farther beyond that drawingroom poet of my childhood in the expression of love, and grief, and the pain of parting, that are the disclosure of the individual soul.
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No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.
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What's really interesting and fun to explore is not just the falling in love and everything being great, but the obstacles to falling in love.
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I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carried by most people who serve in the armed forces or the circumstances that push lots of folks into the military. I don't blame G.I. Joe or Rambo for that atmosphere, but they certainly reflected the final stage of a two generation cultural myth.
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I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
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You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them.
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The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
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Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.
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I much preferred the approach at the anarchist camp, with its shared tasks and collective responsibilities. Everyone played their part. There was no division between workers and consumers.
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My divine sign indicates the future to me.
