Sophocles Quotes
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For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
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What is a Muslim neighborhood? How many Muslims have to be in a neighborhood before it becomes worthy of checking papers and kicking in the doors of homes and businesses?
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I don't get angry very often, but there have been times when I have been frustrated with myself, maybe after playing a bad shot, after getting out, I have done some damage to some equipment of mine. Once or twice in the course of 20 years – I think you can allow me that at least.
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I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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When you feel bad on the inside, you wind up wanting to do things to make others feel bad. In contrast, when you feel happy on the inside, you want to do things to make others feel happy.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.
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I guess I'm a bit of a tomboy and can be quite resourceful.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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You're on your own in college, but you get sheltered a little bit more with the coaching staff and everything.
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Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.
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I think in a lot of situations I had got songs stolen from me, or treated badly.
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We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era with the tools to build a global immune system.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.
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Everyone is living for everyone else now. They're doing stuff so they can tell other people about it. I don't get all that social media stuff, I've always got other things I want to do - odd jobs around the house. No one wants to hear about that.
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Water, wind and birdsong were the echoes in this quiet place of a great chiming symphony that was surging around the world. Knee-deep in grasses and moon daisies, Stella stood and listened, swaying a little as the flowers and trees were swaying, her spirit voice singing loudly, though her lips were still, and every pulse in her body beating its hammer strokes in time to the song.
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You're pretending this isn't your life. You think it's going to happen some other time. When you're dead you'll realise you were alive now.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.
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In a just cause it is right to be confident.
