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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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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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 run all the brands like cousins. You want your cousins to do well, but you want to do better. All of our brands want to win, but we certainly want to fight fair and coordinate as much as we can behind the scenes. But to the consumer, we want to offer the broadest, most competitive set of products that we can.
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I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.
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Sí, es necesario padecer, aún en vano, para no vivir en vano.
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I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it.
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In art, rebellion is consummated and perpetuated in the act of real creation, not in criticism or commentary.
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When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set.
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If there was one fact that sent me hurtling off to write 'Politics Lost,' it was when I learned that John Kerry had focus-grouped Abu Ghraib. We knew about the Justice Department memo in June of 2004, and Kerry didn't raise that in any one of his three debates with George Bush.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
