Tacitus Quotes
Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
Quotes to Explore
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.
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Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
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I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.
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It's just fun to be in Paris.
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My roots are more in he Beatles, Zeppelin, the whole 60's side.
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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
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Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
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We never take people seriously when they are alive, but once they are gone, we always think that we should have treated them better.
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I was born in a territory called Biran, in the eastern region of Cuba. It's known by that name, although it has never appeared on a map.
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
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One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.
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When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.
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I think the role of science fiction is not at all to prophesy. I think it is to tell interesting, vivid, strange stories that at their best are dreamlike intense versions and visions of today.
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Nothing hurts so much the interest and reputation of America as to hear of their intestine quarrels.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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I just really like it when things are earnest.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
