Sophocles Quotes
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
Quotes to Explore
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.
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Mexico is the only country in the world that has a trade agreement with United States and Canada, and at the same time has one with Europe. These are the two largest markets in the world. By the same token, Mexico has one of the most open economies.
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Ali was a threat because he was a voice, and the people hated Ali when he was a voice, but once Ali could no longer speak and he wasn't a voice, they loved him. Love me now. I don't want to be loved if I could barely walk or barely talk. That's not cool.
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
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The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.
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There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.
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The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
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I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
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Women are so necessary for us in terms of support.
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The longest day must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever hurrying the day of the evil to an eternal night, and the night of the just to an eternal day.
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Only that position can impart dignity in which we do not appear as servile tools but rather create independently within our circle.
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With all due respect, many in the entertainment industry are deep into mind-altering substance abuse, and when one’s logic and intellectual calculating powers are replaced with dopey feel-good, fantasy-driven denial, the democratic party serves them well.
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Nice friendship is like the breathing air, you will never see it but you will always feel its presence.
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The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.
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There is a fine line in the Third World between half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe and half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe so they can throw you in jail.
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We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates.
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Such grief might make the mountain stoop, reverse the waters where they flow, but cannot burst these ponderous bolts that block us from the prison cells crowded with mortal woe...
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If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
