Sophocles Quotes
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
Zadie Smith
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Samuel Johnson
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What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.
Barkhad Abdi
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
Abraham Maslow
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But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president.
Laura Prepon
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
Quentin Tarantino
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
Walter Becker Steely Dan
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
T. V. Carpio
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
Tamsin Greig
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I worked with HBO on 'Recount,' and we had a wonderful experience together. I'm such a fan of HBO and how much flexibility they give in character as well as schedule.
Laura Dern
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
Kamisese Mara
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
Bebe Rexha
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Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
Samuel Adams
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
Adam Lambert
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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
Randy Pausch
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I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.
S. Jay Olshansky
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
Maggie Grace
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
Harbhajan Singh
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I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
Katee Sackhoff
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The anti-marijuana campaign is a cancerous tissue of lies, undermining law enforcement, aggravating the drug problem, depriving the sick of needed help and suckering well-intentioned conservatives and countless frightened parents.
William Francis Buckley
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Loving you, until the day that 8 x 8 x 8 x 8 is 4.
Stevie Wonder
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
Karolyn Grimes
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You don't know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
Sophocles