Wise Quotes
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I think Katy B encapsulates young London in a way I never could. She reps London harder than anyone song-wise since Lily Allen.
Mark Ronson
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Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use — that is our good use — of other things, and since knowledge is what provides this goodness of use and also good fortune, every man must, as seems plausible, prepare himself by every means for this: to be as wise as possible. Right?
Socrates
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
Ovid
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Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunity I had with 'Cheers'. I think it's one of the funniest shows ever. They are some of my best friends.
Ted Danson
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Each one fashions and bears his world with him, and that unless he himself become wise, strong and loving, no change in his circumstances can make him rich or free or happy.
John Lancaster Spalding
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To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
Isaac Watts
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O sleepers! what a thing is slumber! Sleep resembles death. Ah, why then dost thou not work in such wise as that after death thou mayst retain a resemblance to perfect life, when, during life, thou art in sleep so like to the hapless dead?
Leonardo da Vinci
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What the Internet has done is made it easier to stay in touch with people, and social networking has helped me career-wise by helping me keep in touch with my fans.
James Wan
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In politics and politicians' liesThe modern farmer waxes wondrous wise;
John Clare
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Of what's to come the wise perceive things about to happen. Sometimes during moments of intense study their hearing's troubled: the hidden sound of things approaching reaches them, and they listen reverently, while in the street outside the people hear nothing whatsoever.
C.P. Cavafy
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
H. L. Mencken
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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Epictetus
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Answers make you wise, but questions make you human.
Yves Montand
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Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So when one of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
Pythagoras
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You couldn’t pay me a billion dollars to take marijuana. I don’t really like coke anymore. I’m scared of ecstasy. The one drug I'd like to try one day is Ayahuasca, which should be mandatory for everybody. It’s apparently this crazy tea that gives you these intense hallucinations. Everyone who takes it sees a wise old black man who takes you on a wild journey. I’m not going to name names, but everyone who takes it sees the same black guy. I'm not kidding you. Everyone!
Courtney Love
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I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.
J. Cole
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I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.
Matt Bevin
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The wise are wise only because they love.
Paulo Coelho
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
Zach Braff
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Harper Lee
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I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
Kate Winslet
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Fools make researches and wise men exploit them-that is our earthly way of dealing with the question, and we thank Heaven for an assumed abundance of financially impotent and sufficiently ingenious fools.
H. G. Wells