Aristotle Quotes

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

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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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• Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.

  

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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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  • Always
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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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• I have never sat down and studied the Bible, never consciously echoed its language, and am, in reality, as ignorant of it as most brought-up Christians. All of the Bible that I use in my work is remembered from childhood and is the common property of all who were brought up in English-speaking communities.

  

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• We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we're able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

  

  Angelina Jolie
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• Practically the whole human race is hypnotized because it thinks what somebody else told it to think.

  

  Ernest Holmes
  • Think
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• 'Superman/Wonder Woman,' people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasn't emotionally deep. Who knows?

  

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  • People
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• I want England to understand - the rest of the world to understand - what is going on in America. And I want America to understand what is going on in the rest of the world.

  

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

  

  Aristotle
  • Wonder
  • Philosopher
  • Myth