Plato Quotes

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

Plato

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It's very important to stay creative and not simply to wait around for people to want you. It's the hardest thing about the business.

John Lithgow

BusinessCreativePeopleWaitYou

Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that different experiences in and of itself, bring merit to the system.

Sonia Sotomayor

AloneAcceptContextSystemBring

Moving gave me confidence. I was really reclusive when I first moved. I stayed home a lot or went to shows alone. But by the second semester of my freshman year, I started making friends.

Soccer Mommy

ConfidenceHomeAloneMeMoving

The thing that makes 'Dirty Jobs' different is that it's one of the few shows that portrays work in a way that doesn't highlight the drudgery. Instead, it highlights the humor.

Mike Rowe

WorkHumorDirtyWayDifferentFew

When you speak of silent movies, everyone thinks of Charlie Chaplin first.

Michel Hazanavicius

SpeakYouMoviesSilentFirst

In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental world, but it's not a conversation, it's a monologue. It's always from one point of view. 'If we don't tell our own stories, no one will tell them' is my mantra.

Mira Nair

WorldViewAmericaMediaMovies

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Livy

FireEnvyAlwaysLikeHighestMakes

I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you.

Josh Lucas

LearningTimeMeThinkYouFar Away

Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is.

Demetri Martin

FunSwimmingDieYouSometimesSure

First, those images help us understand the general and specific magnitude of disaster caused by the tsunami. The huge outpouring of aid would not have happened without those images.

Bruce Jackson

HelpUnderstandFirstWithoutUs

I grew up playing paintball and riding motorcycles and horses, so I really know how to rough and tumble.

Annabelle Wallis

KnowRidingUpPlayingRoughHorses

It must be quite rare for an interviewer to be interviewed.

William Hague

RareMustQuiteInterviewer

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