Aesop Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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I know that when I get stressed, I want to eat junk food. So now I just know - 'I'm stressed, I want to eat junk food, so I'm going to go work out instead, or eat something healthy.' It really works.
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I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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I think you're lucky if you discover what you really love at a young age. College wasn't something I was going to do. I wanted to keep acting, and I didn't want to go to New York or California and pound the pavement.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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I certainly never saw myself as posh.
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It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.
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I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book, I haven't got time to read a whole book for a fifty dollar write-up.
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Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood.
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I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.
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If I'm going to work, I put black jeans on, a T-shirt, a shirt, and a jacket.
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We as Republicans have taken the easy way out a lot of times.
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It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good.
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
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A culture that only recognizes and rewards the same set of attributes results in less collaboration, creativity, and innovation. If we only reward the loudest voices or the sharpest elbows, then we're missing out on the full range of talent.
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Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.
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Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.
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My son Emilio is running for Congress to continue the fight for social justice.
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History will prove that this is the end of the IRA.
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
