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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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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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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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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Lithium makes a fine battery because it's a scarily reactive metal. Pure lithium ignites on contact if it touches water - a flake of it would sizzle and fry on the water-rich cells of your skin.
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No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.
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Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it; I'm just being honest.
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I interviewed - no - had lunch with Harper Lee several years ago, trying to convince Harper Lee to do "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the book club. She wouldn't do it. She said, "Honey, I said everything I wanted to say."
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. Each side should know that frequently uncertainty, compromise, and incoherence are the essence of policymaking. Yet each tends to ascribe to the other a consistency, foresight, and coherence that its own experience belies. Of course, over time, even two armed blind men can do enormous damage to each other, not to speak of the room.
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I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.
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Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the common place.
