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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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
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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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There are not many people on Team Gary. Actually, it's two people. My kids.
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Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment.
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True friends don’t spend time gazing into each other’s eyes. They may show great tenderness towards each other but they face in the same direction - toward common projects, goals - above all, towards a common Lord.
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I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.
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To listen is to be vulnerable. You allow something outside your body to come inside. To be open and impressionable, to hear everything, is dangerous. You can be damaged all too easily.
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The Earth is incredibly beautiful.
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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)
