Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Plato
Recitation: by Male by Female
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
Andre Gide
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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
John Locke
KnowledgeImprovementUnderstanding
I don't like being told what to do and kissing you-know-what to get up the corporate ladder.
Robert Kiyosaki
LadderUpBeingGetCorporateLike
My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
Robert Mapplethorpe
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On our first record, man, I didn't know what I was doing. I was just playing. I was over playing. You're as green as you can be with no experience in recording or knowing how sometimes a song can work: when it's too much, when it's not enough, when it's not right.
Tommy Lee
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So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime.
Ruben Blades
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It has to be a partnership. I go back to Ted Thompson's opening press conference, and he talked about partnership. We had a hell of a partnership for 12 years.
Mike McCarthy
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I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.
Jared Diamond
WorkTimeFunPeopleDoingLeisure
Ultimately, I ended up playing for three NFL teams. That's something I'm proud of, just to get to that level.
Jordan Rodgers
ProudThreeUpPlayingSomething
Tax cuts continue to benefit families, seniors, and small business owners, as evidenced by unparalleled economic growth in Nevada and across the country.
Jon Porter
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For some reason, ever since I was a little kid, I wake with the most energy of the day, and it slowly declines from there.
Derek Sivers
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The studio is spending great amounts of money, and they want some insurance they will get money back. They go for the middle of the road, broad in appeal. It's restrictive. It's a constant struggle, but if you give in, you're just making cottage cheese, and that's the end of it.
Brian Helgeland
GreatMoneyStruggleRoadEndYou
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