Socrates Quotes
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When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
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The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
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My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.
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The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
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If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
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We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
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For the lion to to prosper the deer must die. All the world is combat.
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I love dark chocolate, 70 percent and up.
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At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.
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Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has closed our minds. We never entertained the idea that China could surpass the U.S.
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The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
