Aristotle Quotes

Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.

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• I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.

  

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• In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

  

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• I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.

  

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• The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

  

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• Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

  

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• After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.

  

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• Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.

  

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• I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.

  

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• In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.

  

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• The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

  

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• There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.

  

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• I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.

  

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• We gave the world dab fever!

  

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• When I was younger, I used to pray that I would die before my mom. That's just how much my mom meant to me. I couldn't imagine being in this world without her. But then seeing cancer - seeing what it can do to somebody - as strong and as tough as she was, there was nothing she could do. Cancer is a dirty, dirty deal.

  

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• If your reader has been given a rousing opening, he will usually then sit still for at least some exposition. But be sure to follow that chunk of telling with one or more dramatized scenes. That's much more effective than being given section after section of telling.

  

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• I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.

  

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• As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

  

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• A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

  

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• The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.

  

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• One exits with one's husband -- one lives with one's lover.

  

  Honore de Balzac
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• Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
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• Danger lurks when we divide ourselves with expressions such as "my private life," "my professional life," or even "my best behavior." Living life in separate compartments can lead to internal conflict and exhausting tension....Inner peace comes only as we maintain the integrity of truth in all aspects of our lives. When we covenant to follow the Lord and obey His commandments, we accept His standards in every thought, action, and deed.

  

  Russell M. Nelson
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• Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.

  

  Aristotle
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