Herodotus Quotes

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

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• The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.

  

  Candace Kita
  • Fun
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• I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
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• I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Me
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• I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Hate
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• Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Work
  • Great
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• My parents had normal jobs, and I didn't just want to work all day, and so I thought if I could break into music I wouldn't have to work all day. And I had an uncle who was on Broadway, so I was like, 'I have to be able to sing.'

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
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• A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.

  

  Naveen Andrews
  • You
  • Perfect
  • Too Much

• We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.

  

  Camilo Villegas
  • People
  • World
  • Bad

• I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all.

  

  Randy Harrison
  • Done
  • You
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• Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly and doesn't know stuff. She didn't even finish her term.

  

  Gail Collins
  • She
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• Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Life
  • World
  • Dream

• Like 'real', 'free' is only used to rule out the suggestion of some or all of its recognized antitheses. As 'truth' is not a name of a characteristic of assertions, so 'freedom' is not a name for a characteristic of actions, but the name of a dimension in which actions are assessed.

  

  J. L. Austin
  • Real
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• 'I used to tell everyone I meant to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.'

  

  Banksy

• They never lynch children, babies, no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Children

• I'm certain about my decision to divorce you. Stop hoping.

  

  F. W. de Klerk
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  • Divorce

• His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse

• They claim to be the first inventors of those recondite beverages, cocktail, stonefence, and sherry cobbler.

  

  Washington Irving

• Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.

  

  Florence King
  • Life
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• I've never had an audition like that before. They don't let you know about anything on 'Mad Men,' because it's a spoiler for everybody. I thought I was on the right track when I was cracking everybody up.

  

  Randee Heller
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• Any seat would be mad not to take him. He's a terrific chap.

  

  Boris Johnson
  • Mad

• He is mad, bad and dangerous to know.

  

  Lady Caroline Lamb
  • Bad
  • Mad

• We can either build a Star Trek future, in which our civilization rises to new heights, or descend into a Mad Max world. It is up to us.

  

  Vivek Wadhwa
  • World
  • Mad
  • Civilization

• The Japanese drive on the left side of the road. Most streets literally do not have names.

  

  Charles C. Mann
  • Road
  • Japanese

• If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

  

  Herodotus
  • Mad
  • Knowing
  • Relaxation