Sophocles Quotes
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.
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The death of Abdel Nasser on September 28, 1970, was an irreversible setback for Egypt.
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We pay for content that we like, and we like the content we pay for. It's a lot more satisfying to pay $7.50 for Steven Spielberg's next epic than it is to watch my home movies for free. Even for me.
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I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.
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Specialization is the goal of civilization.
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Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them.
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Doc Savage, Indiana Jones, Flash Gordon... these were the kinds of characters I was thinking about as I was developing Jonas Quantum because there aren't that many brand new characters being introduced anymore.
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I have to challenge myself, and I have to challenge the reader. We should be weaving and working on new stories and not the same story over and over.
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Sure we have skilled players, but the biggest thing might just be that we are so well conditioned and how we can play for 90 minutes at a high tempo which is needed in soccer at an international level.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
