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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A company's commitment to searching out potential blockbusters and then investing in marketing to convert potential to reality attracts and retains top scientists and creatives.
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I hate hearing in a UFC corner, 'You won the first four rounds; just stay away from him this round.'
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Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers.
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For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
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God bestows His blessings without discrimination. The followers of Jesus are children of God, and they should manifest the family likeness by doing good to all, even to those who deserve the opposite.
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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)
