Ovid Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.
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Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.
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Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
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The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.
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'Shotgun's one of the first songs I ever wrote. It's about a couple I met at Waffle House, an all night diner I used to hang at before I could go to bars.
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I was fortunate in that I attended university in Canada in the early 1970s when you could take a true liberal arts degree with no programmes, majors or minors.
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Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in the character, usually for the better. To not have an arc, the messages and ideas in the film became more prominent.
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There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.
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A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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The greatest injustice in the world is to bring a child into the world, and not be able to offer it peace.
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Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
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Guess what, I'm the opposite of a role model!
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The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.
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I'd rather be nauseous than tired, I think.
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You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.
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Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh, but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places.
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Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.
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You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.
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Epistemology now flourishes with various complementary approaches. This includes formal epistemology, experimental philosophy, cognitive science and psychology, including relevant brain science, and other philosophical subfields, such as metaphysics, action theory, language, and mind. It is not as though all questions of armchair, traditional epistemology are already settled conclusively, with unanimity or even consensus. We still need to reason our way together to a better view of those issues.
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But Greece and her foundations are Built below the tide of war, Based on the crystalline sea Of thought and its eternity; Her citizens, imperial spirits, Rule the present from the past, On all this world of men inherits Their seal is set.
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If you want to inspire the world, first inspire yourself.
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Res est solliciti plena timoris amor.
