Quintus Curtius Rufus Quotes
Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
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When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.
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If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.
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Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.
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Outside speech, the association that is made in the memory between words having something in common creates different groups, series, families, within which very diverse relations obtain but belonging to a single category: these are associative relations.
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You can add five years to your lifespan by just making intelligent lifestyle choices.
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I don't have a bad relationship. I'm 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And that's a life.
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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.
