Aristotle Quotes
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
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I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek.
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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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In the name of the rule of law, democracy and human rights, we cannot accept that the rights of individuals (Arab or Muslim) be trampled upon, or that populations are targeted and discriminated against in the name of the war against terrorism.
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I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say.
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We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!
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Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining.
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When I go out, I love steak and caviar.
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Twitter is an amazing public tool with an incredible capacity for public good.
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I try to leave a light footprint. I'm involved with Global Green, which aims to educate people about sustainable building and the greening of schools. I try to be aware about the consumption of unnecessary things in a consumptive culture.
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A truth discovered always seems so plain and simple that we wonder why the discovery was so long delayed.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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We Icelanders are an excellent animal model for humans. This is exactly the way you find common disease genes.
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I am not proud of the King of Bahrain, in whose name people have been killed.
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...people today are so accustomed to pretentious nonsense that they see nothing amiss in reading without understanding, and many of them at length discover that they can without difficulty write in like manner themselves and win applause for it. And so it perpetuates itself.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.
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Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the common place.
