Tacitus Quotes
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Tacitus
Quotes to Explore
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The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
Jack Nicholson
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No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.
Edgar Degas
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
Garth Risk Hallberg
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
Malorie Blackman
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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
Jackie Chan
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And then I graduate two years later, in 1998, with my class. And, since then I've been here in Houston for training basically. And I was very happy to be assigned to this mission.
Umberto Guidoni
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I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me: not only what was going to happen next, but how is this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I'm feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child's mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer.
E. L. Doctorow
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This Court now concludes that independent political expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption.
Anthony Kennedy
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When I first started playing golf, I was heavily into softball and basketball.
Paula Creamer
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Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.
Boethius
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I pray in my own way, not regularly, and I wouldn't say structured prayers. What I'm praying to I'm not sure. I'd be a firm agnostic.
Keith Barry
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I grew up in a slum neighborhood - rows of tenements, with stoops, and kids all over the street. It was a real neighborhood - we played kick-the-can and ring-a-levio.
Bonnie Bedelia
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For me the visual is just as important as the music. I would never record without my red lipstick. It was my way of getting into character, sort of like Method singing.
Christina Aguilera
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What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.
Stefon Harris
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Winter does adversely affect [the roads] and our roads have been let go, so they're more and more porous. We're going to have to put more and more emphasis on permanent patch and maintenance, so I expect a great deal of roads breaking up in the spring.
Bill Vaughan
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I follow a more easy, and, in my opinion, a wiser course, namely--to inveigh against the levity of the female sex, their fickleness, their double-dealing, their rotten promises, their broken faith, and, finally, their want of judgment in bestowing their affections.
Miguel de Cervantes
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Driving in clouds of dust and darkness beyond the outer suburbs the self-starter began to smoke. Grovelling under the vehicle among the ants and young scorpions, fearful of losing our feet when the great American lorries roared past, we attained the feeling of comradeship that only comes in moments of adversity.
Eric Newby
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Tacitus
