Cato the Elder Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.
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I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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I did some good things as a rookie.
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At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the roots of it.
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Growing up eating fruits and vegetables fresh from our farm added a lot to the way I taste and look at food today, and I wanted the same for my kids and other kids.
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He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.
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We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.
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'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.
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Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.
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I was never a model-y model. I was doing it as a job, but people didn't even know I was a model.
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Once there was an old man who lived in a tiny village. Although poor, he was envied by all, for he owned a beautiful white horse. Even the king coveted his treasure. A horse like this had never been seen before - such was its splendor, its majesty, its strength.
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Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service
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The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn't work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
