Sophocles Quotes
Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
Sophocles
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When I was writing 'The Windup Girl' and 'Ship Breaker,' I was writing those simultaneously, so I was an unpublished writer, not really having that full sense that these books would go out in the world, that they would be successful, that there would be an audience and that there would be fans of those stories.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.
Warwick Davis
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I think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself.
G. Willow Wilson
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You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of the world; I don't think it exists.
Laura Mvula
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I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.
Samantha Shannon
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Our World War II generation met the challenges of their time.
Gary Herbert
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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Mahatma Gandhi
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We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.
Pastor Maldonado
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To act: that is what the writer would like to be able to do, above all. To act, rather than to bear witness. To write, imagine, and dream in such a way that his words and inventions and dreams will have an impact upon reality, will change people's minds and hearts, will prepare the way for a better world.
J. M. G. Le Clezio
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That was my first introduction to BMWs in 1978, when my friend bought it for me as a surprise with my money. And ever since then, I've stuck to BMWs.
Dan Hill
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I've been on a team that won the world championship of barbecue. But barbecue's interesting, because it's one of these cult foods like chili, or bouillabaisse. Various parts of the world will have a cult food that people get enormously attached to - there's tremendous traditions; there's secrecy.
Nathan Myhrvold
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I had an incredibly full life with my imagination: I used to have all sorts of trolls and things; I had a wonderful world around my toys and invented people. I don't mean I had imaginary friends; I just had this big imagination thing going on. I didn't need any imaginary friends, because I had so much other stuff going on.
Kate Bush
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
Han Fei
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We lived in just a studio apartment with just a room and a bed that came out of the wall, and my mom couldn't afford even a Happy Meal. We ate Top Ramen. I had no toys, and I had, like, two shirts, a pair of jeans, and that was it. But I had my mom to myself, and I remember it being the coolest period of time. I loved it. I really loved it.
Brie Larson
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Art has absolutely changed my life.
Peter Weller
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'What happened?' Arthur asked. He caught a glimpse of something below, but couldn't quite make out what it was. 'The Nithling-' 'Missed me,' called out Suzy. 'Close-run thing. Bit off my right clog. I was kicking it in the teeth, so I s'pose that's fair.'
Garth Nix
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I love martial – arts movies. I grew up with my dad watching kung–fu theater every Sunday. So it was kind of my thing.
Milla Jovovich
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Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
Sophocles
