Tacitus Quotes
The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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I think, especially living in L.A., it's very easy to get wrapped up in weekend announcements and the trades and the whole social life of the city, and to get divorced from what actually matters.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.
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Every label thinks, when they sign someone, 'This is the perfect pedigree to sign. They're cute, they can sing, they can dance, et cetera.' And they say to the public, 'Here, this is what you're gonna like.' But you might say, 'No, I don't like that!' You'll probably say 'no' many more times than you'll say 'yes!'
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I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.
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There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.
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The dominant economic approach of the last thirty years is now on its last legs. Letting the market rip and an indifference to inequality are now seen as important causes of the greatest economic crash since the 1930s.
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Fear is destructive. Fear and creativity don't mix. Ultimately, it doesn't do you any good.
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We need more courageous individuals who will defy the structures of power, whether political, economic, or intimate, but we also need it to be safe for people to feel their power and to be able to express their ideas and imagine without fear.
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Thank God life ends—we'd never survive it. From Big Bang to weary shag, the history of the world. Our flesh is ferocious...our bodies will kill us...our bones will outlive us.
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It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.
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I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
