Aristophanes Quotes
Dicaepolis: Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true. (tr. Athen. 1912, Perseus)
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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I always have to be writing.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
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If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
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Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.
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Police departments across the nation must develop nonviolent 'rules of engagement,' so that they don't reflexively respond to suspected crimes with violence. This will require more in-depth training in the behavioral psychology of conflict resolution so police have tried-and-true techniques of preventing and de-escalating violence.
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I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
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Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.
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Dicaepolis: Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true. (tr. Athen. 1912, Perseus)
