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Plato Quotes

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: greek
Birth: 427 BC - 347 BC

Topics

Soul World Look Events Everyone

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men Knowing Other Self-Knowledge

A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.

Maynard James Keenan

Reflection Beginning End You Circle

I saw my father deal with every headache the government threw his way - whether it had to do with the signs on the front of the building or the prices on the showroom floor. He knew he could do better, if government would just get out of the way - and stay out of the way. He was right.

Father Government Building Better

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

Process Democratic Who Initiated

I'm never aiming to make a movie like someone else's movie, but in order to describe a movie to someone else who hasn't seen it, you usually have to reference things they have seen.

Someone You Never Order Things Seen

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

Robert A. Heinlein

Writing Hands Ashamed Wash Something

The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress.

God Progress Christian Human Image

Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Day People World You Every Day Know

One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn.

Day Brother Performance Play Nobody

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.

Hope People Saying You Always Half

I tried Botox once. Never again. It made my forehead freeze.

Never Forehead Freeze Botox Again

I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing is wrong. I mean, I'd like it to be that way, but I've never allowed it to influence my actions.

People Influence Think Doing Wrong

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