Aristotle Quotes

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

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• I love being a part of Aqua Teen.

  

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• Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending on how I'm feeling. I don't see myself taking that as just a job.

  

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• I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.

  

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• Audiences are very willing to be taken somewhere, and to ask an audience beforehand what it wants is probably, I think, a mistake. Much better you should tell them what you want and hope they agree with it.

  

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• Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.

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• Film has always been where my heart is.

  

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• Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after they're dead.

  

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• My dad did a radio show. I was on it when I was seven. So now you know that the showbiz bug bit me really early.

  

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• Humor is so culturally based that when I try to tell a joke as me being a white American, if I tell other white Americans, they'll laugh. If I tell an African American, they might not laugh. In fact, they either might not find it funny, or they might find it offensive, and I didn't mean it to be offensive. So these are the sort of little things that build up over time, just like in a marriage. You know, the little things can build up over time.

  

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• The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

  

  Aristotle
  • Community
  • Control
  • Perfect