Agathon Quotes
Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.
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One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.
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When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
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It's a funny thing about cities: Some have brief, bright moments of cultural and political dominance, decades- or centuries-long spells when they seem the center of their particular nation, or region, or empire... only to later fall into obscurity and disrepair, never to regain their former glory.
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It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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New Zealand has a great reputation in America for golf.
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Principle #1: Avoid dangerous people and dangerous places.Principle #2: Do not defend your property.Principle #3: Respond immediately and escape.
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The essence of the desert is that you are free to create your own world, your own visionary reality. … Both Burning Man and the Internet make it possible to regather the tribe of mankind.
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I'm starting to mistrust my judgment.
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I really do wish people could understand me some day.
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I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.
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My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads.
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A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
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Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.
