Socrates Quotes
Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public life, and conducting myself in that sphere like an honorable man, had always upheld the cause of right, and conscientiously set this end above all other things? Not by a very long way, gentlemen; neither would any other man.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.
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And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.
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Fifth Harmony as a group represents more confidence, more girl power, more unity. They're anthems, as opposed to confessional songwriting about one person's life when there are five individual women.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
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I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill)-2008
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She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
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Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)
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I can’t accept 'our nervous age,' since mankind has been nervous during every age. Whoever fears nervousness should turn into a sturgeon or smelt; if a sturgeon makes a stupid mistake, it can only be one: to end up on a hook, and then in a pan in a pastry shell.
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I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.
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I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.
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I'm a child of the Sixties.
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The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
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The dyslexic: Everyman as cubist.
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Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public life, and conducting myself in that sphere like an honorable man, had always upheld the cause of right, and conscientiously set this end above all other things? Not by a very long way, gentlemen; neither would any other man.
