Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Aristotle
Recitation: by Male by Female
We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.
Jimmy Carter
FreedomDemocracyChristianEarth
Diane Keaton was a big role model for me.
Andie MacDowell
MeRole ModelBigRoleModelKeaton
Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions.
Robert McChesney
ServicePublic ServiceDoingProfit
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.
Robert Green Ingersoll
TruthLieUniversePartnershipYou
One of my early money mistakes was getting fired from the first acting job I ever had. I was cast in a play as the lead, and I got fired three nights after the open.
Michael Imperioli
MoneyJobMistakesEarlyActing
Nobody has ever written as many enjoyable, fun-to-read crime novels as Agatha Christie. It's all about the storytelling and the pleasure of the reader. She doesn't want to be deep or highbrow.
Sophie Hannah
DeepNobodyWantStorytellingShe
I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent 19 years of my life there. Being a kid, my early musical experiences were there.
St. Lucia
LifeMusicInfluenceThinkMy Life
The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.
Tracy Austin
MoneyPlaceFirstTakePrizeStill
It's great to see there's a push behind women's MMA because everyone who's involved in women's MMA is very passionate about it.
Michelle Waterson
WomenGreatPushPassionateSeeMMA
I do listen to music. Movie scores, exclusively, because it's all about mood and nonspecificity. I love the way modern movie scoring is all about nonspecificity. You know, if I shuffled the tracks from 'Inception,' I challenge you to tell me which is which.
Joss Whedon
LoveMusicChallengeMeYouKnow
A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno system, which began here, was announced by Vita Nuova.
Dennis Ritchie
TimePlanNewSameSystemHere
The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.
Christopher Dawson
ControlStrongEnoughNationalism
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