Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
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I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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I really, really loved making 'This Is My Life' and 'Now and Then.'
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The press in India, I believe, is more free, and happily so, than perhaps media anywhere in the world. Right? Which is a good thing.
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I'm going for something very raw and organic.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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With the rights now in our loving hands, I'm beyond excited to bring 'The Green Hornet' into the 21st century in a meaningful and relevant way: modernizing it and making it accessible to a whole new generation. My intention is to bring a gravitas to 'The Green Hornet' that wipes away the camp and kitsch of the previous iteration.
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What does 'work' mean in this 21st, ultra-wired century, with its exploding new industries, low barriers to entry and endless possibilities? Is technology making our lives more flexible - or our days more endless?
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At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root.
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I was involved in legislating dozens of laws, perhaps hundreds. But my glory didn't lie in legislative work, if there is any glory in it. The Israeli law books are full of laws that aren't enforced anyway.
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Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
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But more than anything I kind of pride myself in continuing the process that we're trying to accomplish, and that's just to get better and work on my fundamentals. So that's been kind of in the theme now for a couple years and we stuck with it and that's kind of what I want to keep doing.
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Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
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I think it's highly likely that we'll continue to have high-performance graphics capability in living rooms. I'm not sure we're all going to put down our game controllers and pick up touch screens - which is a reasonable view, I'm just not sure I buy into it.
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Going to so many book events keeps me connected with my readership while constantly reminding me that all the long hours at the drawing desk are worthwhile.
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It's not that I don't value my life. It's just that I love taking chances, testing myself, stepping over the line.
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You really just have to love the process. I can't tell you the amount of film sets I've been on where people are talking about Oscars in the middle of the production. It happens all the time.
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I've behaved badly in my life. I hope I haven't behaved as badly as Dickens! In a way, if you're a woman, you're not in a position to behave as badly, because you don't have the economic power.
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I was just standing around and suddenly I was cast as an extra. I hated it because I was so shy.
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I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss a week here and miss a week there, I think they could see that I really enjoyed it.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
