Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus) Quotes
I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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I love my music, so I want to produce, write, and serve my music. I've had to learn about EQ frequencies and programming and space and clutter and how to be a better piano or bass player - everything.
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Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?
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There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.
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It's really hard to use a laptop when you only have half a lap.
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There have never been so many women in the music industry, but they're doing ballads and pop. Where's the new Joan Jetts and the Wanda Jacksons and the Debbie Harrys, all these strong women? I wanna be the woman that rocks.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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The state, the state apparatus, is not an abstraction.
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Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can't do anything because they're tied up in knots.
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When you’re a charmer the world applauds they don’t know that secretly charmers feel like they’re frauds When you’re a charmer you hate yourself a victim of sideshow hypnosis like everyone else.
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With lyrics, being a poet gave me a different approach than other people.
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With the advent of computing, human invention crossed a threshold into a world different from everything that came before. The computer is the universal machine almost by definition, machine-of-all-trades, capable of accomplishing or simulating just about any task that can be logically defined.
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School is very important; it was very important for me. It gave me an enormous amount of confidence, especially at Yale where we were dealing with all the classics. In dealing with the classics, you are dealing with the very best.
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There are no mistakes in life, just lessons.
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My parents moved around Stockton and Lodi. I had a lot of anxiety about jumping into another classroom. They were always putting me in special ed. But I was smart; I wasn't like these kids in the special-ed classes. But it would make me feel a little bit stupid.
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There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it.
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That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around - half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean - but people usually go by looks.
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I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.
