Zeno of Citium Quotes

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

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• I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.

  

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• I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

  

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• I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

  

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• When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.

  

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• I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.

  

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• We need to see a Palestinian state.

  

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• Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.

  

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• Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.

  

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• Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement.

  

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• Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.

  

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• For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a safe beef supply and shows a disregard for our prior trade pacts.

  

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• The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and translated into Irish and played in America.

  

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• Head lice have their own animal-rights group, or may as well. The National Pediculosis Association doesn't exactly advocate letting lice live with dignity, but it does oppose pediculicidal treatments.

  

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• Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

  

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• It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.

  

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• I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now is your chance to-Well, we warned you.

  

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• Descartes may have made a lot of mistakes, but he was right about this: you cannot doubt the existence of your own consciousness. That's the first feature of consciousness, it's real and irreducible. You cannot get rid of it by showing that it's an illusion in a way that you can with other standard illusions.

  

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• I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.

  

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• Once you're known to be an alcoholic, that's how many people identify you, which could be a reason not to talk about it.

  

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• I had a nice read on the putt and I said to myself, 'This is for you, Jesus, ' and knocked it in.

  

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• The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

  

  Zeno of Citium
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