Tacitus Quotes
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Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.
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However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before.
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One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age - a Golden Age - of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing.
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Leadership shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.
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I have to admit to not being the greatest technician, but stop motion animation gives me licence to create machines that wouldn't otherwise be possible - inventions that seem real and actually work.
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Novelists are in the business of constructing consciousness out of words, and that's what we all do, cradle to grave. The self is a story we tell.
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He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher.
