Sophocles Quotes
When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.Sophocles
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If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.
Fernando Alonso -
I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
Karan Johar -
Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
Patrick Kavanagh -
Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
R. J. Cutler -
Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
Gary Wolf -
At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
K. A. Applegate
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
Wendell Berry -
Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
Narendra Modi -
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
Ralph Marston -
To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
Tate Taylor -
I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
T. J. Miller
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Democracy is not about one party dominating.
Ed Townsend -
I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
Nat Wolff -
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
D. H. Lawrence -
Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
H. P. Lovecraft -
I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.
Dana Carvey -
A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.
Natalie Wood
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I don't really believe in the myth of being poor but happy. At the poorest times in my life, I wasn't happy. I was just hungry.
Ali Liebegott -
It's awkward, because sometimes you find new friends that are cooler than your old friends, and then your old friends desperately try to cling on to you even though you sort of hate them by now.
Noah Benjamin Lennox Animal Collective -
Let us not be carried away by the undisguised agitations of leaders who virtually asked people to take the law into their own hands.
Ferdinand Marcos -
What people who are doing shift work or managing shift workers or deciding to put people on shift schedules to begin with should realize that we're not robots.
Jessa Gamble -
Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.
Richard Scott Bakker -
When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.
Sophocles