Aristophanes Quotes
Choir of Women: It should not prejudice my voice that I'm not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I'm taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation. (tr. Lindsay 1925, Perseus)
Quotes to Explore
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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Industry and institutes need to build smarter linkages.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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I had maybe heard 'The Times Are A-Changing' on the radio, but I had no idea who Dylan was. No idea.
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This uprising of 1976-77 was, of course, the historic watershed... Within a short period of time, it propelled into the forefront of our struggle millions of young people.
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I find that I can't work and listen to radio – either I find I don't like it and it distracts me, or I do like it and I want to listen to it.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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I try to only go out twice a week. More than that would leave me feeling pretty run down.
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It seems to me that the Swedish Academy of Science may be qualifying for the Nobel Peace Prize. It recognises no nationality; it discourages unworthy national feeling and prejudice.
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Athenodorus says hydrophobia, or water-dread, was first discovered in the time of Asclepiades.
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Man could not stay there forever. He was bound to spread to new regions, partly because of his innate migratory tendency and partly because of Nature's stern urgency.
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I'm the kind of person who has to totally commit to whatever I do.
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Choir of Women: It should not prejudice my voice that I'm not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I'm taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation. (tr. Lindsay 1925, Perseus)
