Sophocles Quotes
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Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.
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I think some people have a rare ability to focus. As a player, Earl Thomas has it. When he was at practice or in a game, he was always on; he was right there.
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In the U.S. the powerful critics of austerity such as Paul Krugman and Robert Reich rightly identify the decline of 'labor' as a problem, and renewing trade unionism part of the solution. Our opportunity is to make the same case in the UK.
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The world’s vast and strange, Hara, but no vaster and no stranger than our minds are. Think of that sometimes.
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When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall. If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house.
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Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.
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In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color.
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I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face.
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No man will work for your interests unless they are his.
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Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.
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The thing is, I have never been that confident, and, um, I have a lot of self-doubt, and I had never - I don't think I ever would have consciously chosen to be a television presenter.
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If you are going through something with one of your parents, you know that there is this feeling inside you constantly that something is wrong. Even if you want to pretend that it doesn't matter to you or you don't care, the truth of the matter is that you do, because they are your parents and you love them.
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My daughter loves horses. My other daughter loves soccer.
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I don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them.
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Each of us has a gift, a talent, that we can offer to the world that makes the world essentially a better place.
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I quite like the idea of family. That's probably the greatest achievement in the world. I've got a lot to achieve workwise - I'd love to direct - but family would be good.
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I do not believe you have to be an elected official to help 'change the world.' In fact, maybe it is easier from the outside.
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By the same token, I think news has more and more of a pro bono aspect to all the networks. When we do our election coverages throughout this coming year, it's not a money-maker for us. It is more of a public service situation.
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I love watching comedies. It's my favorite thing to watch and it always lifts my spirits.
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When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.
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Positive health requires a knowledge of man's primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known. The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. And my boss gave me this one very simple piece of advice about trying to figure out who to interview first in any investigation. His recommendation: Always pick the people who were fired. Pick the people who are pissed off.
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A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
