Socrates Quotes
True perfection is a bold quest to seek. Only the willing and true of heart will seek the betterment of many.
Quotes to Explore
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
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I think that no one individual can look at truth. It blinds you. You look at it and you see one phase of it. Someone else looks at it and sees a slightly awry phase of it. But taken all together, the truth is in what they saw though nobody saw the truth intact.
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To be honest I'm not going to sell dreams like everybody else does and say, "Sure, it can be changed." I don't want to seem like a pessimist, but nothing's getting better.
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Television really has been my vehicle. I don't get played on the radio much, so I've relied on TV a lot.
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Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.
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True perfection is a bold quest to seek. Only the willing and true of heart will seek the betterment of many.
