Sophocles Quotes
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But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.
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I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all.
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To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.
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Regulation creates a moral hazard.
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Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.
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People dance and we have a lot of music and... this might be the closet I get for a while.
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because TV is fickle. You can be loved one day and hated the next day. One day, you're getting an award. And the next day, you're getting a death threat.
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Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.
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I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport.
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Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
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[Barack] Obama believes you can hold enemy combatants, unlawful enemy combatants at Gitmo without a criminal trial because this is law of war detention.
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The ultimate proof of confidence for a small-business owner is, are they hiring employees?
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I was raised with fear of God, guilt over Jesus, and terror of the Devil.
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I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
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To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy mind on your voyage round the world; otherwise you may tremble at the appearance of every cloud.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
