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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I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.
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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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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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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 wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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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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You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
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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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Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.
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I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.
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This is my wedding day! The day I marry Emmanuel! And the word 'wedding,' which she had always linked the happiness, now seemed austere, distressing, full of snares and revelations. She saw her mother, heavy and moving with difficulty. A vision of herself as a victim of the same deformity was vivid in her mind.
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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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Your face tells a story and it shouldn't be a story about your drive to the doctor's office.
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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.
