Things Quotes
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The saying of Protagoras is like the views we have mentioned; he said that man is the measure of all things, meaning simply that that which seems to each man assuredly is. If this is so, it follows that the same thing both is and is not, and is bad and good, and that the contents of all other opposite statements are true, because often a particular thing appears beautiful to some and ugly to others, and that which appears to each man is the measure.
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Things could always be worse. In fact, the overwhelming odds are that they will be.
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Sometimes it's necessary for your sanity to hone in on the things that you love and the people you enjoy hanging out with.
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It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before.
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One must choose in all things a mean just and good.
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I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.
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It doesn't take a brilliant mind to notice that adults are telling you what to do and then they do the opposite. I mean, I can't recall every stupid thing that adults were doing when I was six or seven. Some of it was the religious restrictions, where there were certain things that you were allowed to do and certain things that you weren't allowed to do, and I couldn't make things of those things.
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So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.
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Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived.
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I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.
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Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'
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We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled.
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Better to try all things and find all empty, than to try nothing and leave your life a blank.
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Sometimes, you need to revamp yourself over the winter, participate in things that make you appreciate what you have.
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Unhappiness does not come from the way things are, but from the difference between how things are and how we think they should be
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Auschwitz was one of the wealthiest places in the world. Everyone who was deported there had been in such a hurry that they were only able to take along the things they loved the most. Well, of course, a musician would take along her instrument. But then they would take these precious possessions away from the prisoners once they arrived. All these things were kept in a part of the camp the prisoners called "Canada." It was like a giant warehouse.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience
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They kept the place up so nice. They were out there all the time taking care of things.
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Even Helen Keller, who was born blind and deaf, could see God. No doubt, in her silent darkness, every fragrant flower, every ray of the warm sun, every taste that touched her tongue told her that there was a God who created all things. Jodie Foster shouldn't therefore be surprised that people are surprised that she's an atheist.
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Songs come when they wanna come and I'll work at it when I feel like working at it. There are some songwriters that write every day, and I'm definitely not one of those guys. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It's just kind of what I do.
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I don't question things when they're going right.
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There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it.
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Our effort was fantastic. We didn't execute very well but part of that was that Kirkwood keeps you out of the things that you want to do.
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What a lot of things I don't need.
