Cato the Younger (Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis) Quotes
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
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Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists, and the rest of the altruistic scum of the earth. Why do these people want to feel good? They want to feel good in order to convince themselves that they are good.
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Here's my life, why not, it is one, if you like, if you must, I don't say no, this evening. There has to be one, it seems, once there is speech, no need of a story, a story is not compulsory, just a life, that's the mistake I made, one of the mistakes, to have wanted a story for myself, whereas life alone is enough.
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Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune.
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It took dominion everywhere. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee.
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We all know the personal relationship between Michel Platini and President Blatter. It was like a mentor and protege, or even father and son.
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My love is a hummingbird sitting that quiet moment on the bough, as the same cat crouches.
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The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.
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The thing I love about Marvel in general is that they deal with people. They deal with the human being first: Who is inside the suit? Who is the person that obtained this power or this ability?
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Whenever I have given lectures to a large audience before, I have always looked for an ending that gives a 'wow' feeling.
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We believe that when there is a democratic setup, we have a greater voice.
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I always think if you have to cook once, it should feed you twice. If you're going to make a big chicken and vegetable soup for lunch on Monday, you stick it in the refrigerator and it's also for Wednesday's dinner.
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I liked working with smart people.
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All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.
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Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.
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In the homes of America are born the children of America; and from them go out into American life, American men and women. They go out with the stamp of these homes upon them; and only as these homes are what they should be, will they be what they should be.
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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
