Sallust Quotes
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.
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It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri.
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Your kids are going to do well in the workplace of the future if they can bring creativity, if they can bring some innovation, if they can bring some entrepreneurialism.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy.
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I've traveled more than any human being who's ever lived.
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If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time.
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There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
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I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were traditional Catholics. But in her old age, my mother got her home health care from a guy who was gay, who was wonderful to her. Before she died, she rode a float in the Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade.
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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2006 is all about getting your house in order and I mean that metaphorically.
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I thought I would just become a pro at a golf course.
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The only recording studio was in Motown - it was called Tamla/Motown at that time and we used to audition there because Smokey Robinson was at that studio and Berry Gordy was the president. I remember asking Smokey to listen to my group and he did. For the first couple of years we were just singing background. We used to back up Marvin Gaye; Mary Wells was there then, Marv Johnson, the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Junior Walker and the All-Stars.
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In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
