Socrates Quotes
I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to free another.
Quotes to Explore
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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Papa died when he was 77.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.
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Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.
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Lincoln merely nominally freed the bodies of Negroes. But Debs would free the bodies and minds of Negroes.
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I've been lucky enough to kiss three James Bonds on screen: Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig.
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Marriages that last are with people who do not live in Los Angeles.
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Some actors don't want to, but I prefer to. I like to collaborate. Sometimes you have to keep it to yourself, and people want to do their own thing.
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War is the business of barbarians.
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I've always been interested in technology, but specifically how we can use machines to engage the imagination. I started using computers when I was young and was fascinated by creating rules and instructions that allow a computer to engage in a dialogue with humans. The stories found in the data all around us can do just that.
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Existence is its own justification, need is right.
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In brief, our genetic heritage is at odds with our genetic future. For the first time in human history, the qualities it takes to survive as a species are compatible with the qualities it takes to love.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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It's interesting what pops out of an author's subconscious when he's not thinking about it.
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I don't have any style icons, but I get inspiration from my friends. My style motto is that it is better to be overdressed than underdressed.
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I now spend a good part of my day dreaming of times past, present and future. As I try to survive on 15 hours sleep a day, I have plenty of time to enjoy vivid dreams. Being completely wheel-chaired doesn't stop my mind from roaming the universe - on the contrary!
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I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to free another.
