Aristophanes Quotes
Strepsiades: But come, by the Earth, is not Zeus, the Olympian, a god? Socrates: What Zeus? Do not trifle. There is no Zeus. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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Most mutations involve typos: Something bumps a cell's elbow as it's copying DNA, and the wrong letter appears in a triplet - CAG becomes CCG.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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I read everything and anything. I love books.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I've got America's best writer for $300 a week.
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I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night.
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You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
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Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
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You have not fully expressed your power as a voter until you have scientific literacy in topics that matter for future political issues.
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We always thought the living earth was a thing of beauty. It isn’t. Life has had to learn to defend itself against the planet’s random geological savagery.
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I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it God only knows what I'd be without you…
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I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.
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Strepsiades: But come, by the Earth, is not Zeus, the Olympian, a god? Socrates: What Zeus? Do not trifle. There is no Zeus. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
