Aristotle Quotes
Rhetoric is useful because truth and justice are in their nature stronger than their opposites; so that if decisions be made, not in conformity to the rule of propriety, it must have been that they have been got the better of through fault of the advocates themselves: and this is deserving reprehension.
Quotes to Explore
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The truth is, there's an information blockade in America, and it must be broken. In order to find crucial facts, numbers and outside perspectives, a person must spend an hour searching and cross-searching on the computer.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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We tend to pay attention to that which is the most current on our radar screen.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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The Obama administration has been weak and inconsistent in enforcing immigration laws.
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I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
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A good story, just like a good sentence, does more than one job at once. That's what literature is: a story that does more than tell a story, a story that manages to reflect in some way the multilayered texture of life itself.
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Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
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I'm pretty stubborn.
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When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book.
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You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on.
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Ultimately, what interests me is using exotic sounds in my songs.
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Those braying sheep on my TV screen -Make this boy shout! Make this boy scream!
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Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.
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When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome.
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By setting our motivation strongly in the morning when our mind is fresh and clear, we are much more likely to remember it during the day and act with that intention
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so full of shapes is fancy
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Rhetoric is useful because truth and justice are in their nature stronger than their opposites; so that if decisions be made, not in conformity to the rule of propriety, it must have been that they have been got the better of through fault of the advocates themselves: and this is deserving reprehension.
