Plato Quotes

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

Plato

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Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do.

Joe Henderson

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When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show.

Jerry Reed

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We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

John Guare

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'Rise Up' is definitely my baby. I think it was a gift because, you know, it's like God just spoke to me and wrote that song. It's very powerful.

Andra Day

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First of all, I wish I could grow a beard.

John Hodgman

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As an actor ages north of 60, he tends to be in more father roles than anything else. It's generational. And it tends to be a relationship that fascinates people, the flawed relationships between parents and kids.

John Lithgow

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Automation provides us with wondrous increases of production and information, but does it tell us what to do with the men the machines displace? Modern industry gives us the capacity for unparalleled wealth - but where is our capacity to make that wealth meaningful to the poor of every nation?

Robert Kennedy

MenAutomationInformationWealth

There are few in America that really know how to take advantage of the current health care system.

Matthew Lesko

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I routinely never discuss my marriage. It's nice to have things in my life that are totally mine.

Ryan Adams

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Standards are declining left and right, and it doesn't matter. It's whatever is necessary to prop up Obama.

Rush Limbaugh

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After 'Mad Men,' I got offered various types of uptight Englishmen, which I wasn't interested in doing. I didn't want to repeat myself.

Jared Harris

MyselfMenDoingMadWantRepeat

On signing day, my mom brought me the national letter of intent to Arkansas. I should feel like I'm making the right decision. You get that many people telling you that. I had been dreaming about it. I signed 'No' where I was supposed to sign my name and put an exclamation point.

DeAngelo Williams

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