Sophocles Quotes

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I feel like if you flip through my Instagram, you'll kind of see the same angles and poses every time. That's the trick to having people love your Instagram selfies. It's all about your angles.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
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I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.
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I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.
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For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs the fellowship of friends.
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The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective way to manipulate you and your children into their abyss.
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Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.
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My fans have always been so supportive, and several years ago, I realized that I could thank them by naming all my characters after my Twitter and Facebook fans.
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But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.