Aristophanes Quotes
Agathon: One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. (tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 2, p. 278) (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
Quotes to Explore
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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We just here to do our job.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
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Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go.
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My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
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I still haven't come to grips with our success.
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I'm a fan of people getting together.
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I find outdoors easier than indoors, but I am more interested in indoor athletics. I prefer it because it is hotter indoors, and I like the shorter laps.
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Most of the stories I have covered in 45 years have been gray stories.
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Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.
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Agathon: One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. (tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 2, p. 278) (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
