Aristotle Quotes
For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .
Quotes to Explore
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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I hope to attend it as Japan needs to tell the world the lessons, knowledge and reflections learned from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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Political correctness kills discussion.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
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It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.
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As is gloriously sung in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "H.M.S. Pinafore," in the words of W. S. Gilbert: "Things are seldom as they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream."
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To mark the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to launch an FDNY shirt that pays tribute to the brave first responders who, like my father, risk their lives in the line of duty on a regular basis. All of the proceeds raised from the sale of the T-shirt benefit the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund.
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It's a relaxed intensity I've got to live my life in.
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Republicans ... are conservatives who think it would be best if we faced the fact that people are no damned good. They think that if we admit that we have selfish, acquisitive natures and then set out to get all we can for ourselves by working hard for it, that things will be better for everyone. They are not insensitive to the poor, but tend to think the poor are impoverished because they won't work. They think there would be fewer of them to feel sorry for if the government did not encourage the proliferation of the least fit among us with welfare programs.
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The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.
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For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .
