Aristotle Quotes

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative.

Aristotle

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• If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

  

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• I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'

  

  Baz Luhrmann
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• While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.

  

  Park Shin-hye
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• I don't know who Little Richard is.

  

  Bar Refaeli
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• I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.

  

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• I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
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• Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

  

  Bear Grylls
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• The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Life
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• Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • You
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• When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.

  

  Valerie Plame
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• A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
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• Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.

  

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• Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
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• It's actually harder to write a fun song.

  

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• I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.

  

  Mal Peet
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• When a certain swathe of India's population considers the country's ancient past, it doesn't see a country fragmented into kingdoms, savaged by caste divisions, and mired in poverty; rather, what's envisioned is a vast, unified Hindu empire stretching from Kashmir to the Indian tip at Kanyakumari.

  

  Karan Mahajan
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• The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

  

  Dale Carnegie
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• I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!

  

  Damian Woetzel
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• I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.

  

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• Being sick is the reason I went into comedy.

  

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• I like the Dakine Ryder 24L pack because it's simple, it's steezy, and it's perfect for traveling. It comes with a padded laptop sleeve and a travel pocket at the top for your passport and other things you need quick access to.

  

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• Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
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• A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity; thoughts of the blessed companionship of saints and angels, trust in God as the friend of truth and virtue,--these are the states of mind in which I should live.

  

  William Ellery Channing
  • Men
  • Mind
  • Blessed

• Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative.

  

  Aristotle
  • Perfect
  • Happiness
  • Lies