Life Quotes
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Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils - no, nor the human race, as I believe - and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
Plato
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I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.
Paul Prudhomme
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I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something you probably don't know about me. I've hated the taste since I was a kid.
Steven Spielberg
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I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy.
Ryan Gosling
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Howie Epstein was a kind, patient, and extremely talented musician. He took two years out of his life and dedicated his undivided attention to the making of two of my records. Those records changed my life thanks to Howie.
John Prine
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Everything in the world was in precarious balance, pure risk, and those who didn’t agree to take the risk wasted away in a corner, without getting to know life.
Elena Ferrante
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My life since the White House has been much more all-encompassing, much more enjoyable. The main thing that I've acquired has been access to the poorest and most destitute, forgotten, and suffering people on Earth. It's not possible for a President to actually know them.
Jimmy Carter
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I get that you're scared and that you've been hurt. But doing what is easy and safe is no way to live, and a life without passion and love is so far beneath what you deserve.
Kiersten White
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Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young, and this alone proves that life is a good thing.
Zoe Akins
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Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul.
J. G. Holland
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Here was life, gently reminding her that she could care again. That her grief was allowed, but so was her joy.
Courtney Milan
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The things you think that really change your life a lot, don't.
Stephen J. Dubner
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I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.
Tom Cruise
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Ive got a lot of life left in me and I want to live it doing things I like to do.
Morgan Freeman
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Everything that Mr Smallweed's grandfather ever put away in his mind was a grub at first, and is a grub at last. In all his life he has never bred a single butterfly.
Charles Dickens
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Life is a frail moth flying Caught in the web of the years that pass.
Sara Teasdale
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I saw pure love when my son looked at me, and I knew that I had to make a good life for the two of us.
Suzanne Somers
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What role was she expected to play in his life, and more important, in her own?
Beverly Jenkins
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If you wish to try and take something from me, then you had best be prepared to give your life in the process.
Wang Yi
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I was working as hard as a human being could work. That tempo hasn't changed. I just have more diversity and more companies, and now I've got 33 companies so my dance card is full. Four kids and three grandkids, but I love that passionate lifestyle. I love constantly growing, I love seeing and feeling that you can have an impact. And gradually it went from just coaching to actually running businesses because I've had experiences that were life changing.
Anthony Robbins
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Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?
Audrey Niffenegger
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I can understand a family that's imploding. I have experience of that in my own life.
Abi Morgan
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To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind... Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.
Bill Crawford
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I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not frightened of falling on my face.
Maxine Peake