Ovid Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
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The way that I look at it is that, when we film for eight months straight for a new 'Jackass' movie, I know that I'm going to wind up with at least two broken bones. I don't know when it's going to happen, but you can't contemplate how you're going to fall and what's going to happen.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on until I was able to make it to L.A.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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A lot of people on the internet have been saying that there's no way we can pull off a musical in three acts. We just take that as a challenge.
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If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
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You cannot get involved in debate on 'MOTD'. You can do it on Sky because they've got hours and hours. We've got a couple of minutes. It's a very disciplined show. Our primary purpose is to show the action, and the analysis is very secondary. We have lots of people who would prefer no analysis. We have lots of people who would prefer more analysis.
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I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.
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Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.
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I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
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Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.
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The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.
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The less money lying idle the greater is the dividend.
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Each piece of money is a mere coin, or means of circulation, only so long as it actually circulates.
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A king’s son has nothing but inferiors, each one a potential assassin.
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The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, 'My country, right or wrong.' In one sense I say so too. My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.
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I have always considered the price of perfection prohibitive and allowed mistakes as a part of the learning process. I prefer a dash of daring and persistence to perfection. I have always supported learning on the part of my team members by paying vigilant attention to each of their attempts, be they successful or unsuccessful.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist.
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The Last Arrow transcends a moment or an issue. It is a call to move beyond self-indulgence to a life of sacrificial service. In The Last Arrow I address a broad spectrum of issues from the Syrian refugee crisis to the cultural epidemic of depression to the personal struggle of insignificance. The Last Arrow is a clarion call to make a difference in the world rather than a self-help book for personal self-improvement.
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Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.
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I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.
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Tarde quae credita laedunt credimus.
