Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.
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Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.
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The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.
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But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'
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I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.
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I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.
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Eddie Conway is central to my first memories. My parents used to take me to, when it was open, the Baltimore city penitentiary to see Eddie Conway - I was talking to my dad about this recently - from the time I might have been one or two years old. I mean, literally, my first memories are of black men in jail, specifically of Eddie Conway.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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In some sense, when you take a child soldier out of an armed group, you've taken away the identity he or she has had for years, and you can't assume life is just going to return to normal.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
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I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.
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I was lucky enough to have an older brother who shared the splatter flicks with me, and I had parents who were cool and involved enough in my life to allow me to see them. I think my folks appreciated that I looked at these movies as a creative outlet... almost like magic shows, if you will.
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It's amazing what you'll discover if you start exploring what God has placed within you.
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Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
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Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.
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Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive them. In other words, he made those who lived in his society better men and sent them on their way rejoicing.
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
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I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it.
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How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
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I think music docs could turn off some people.
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The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
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Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.
