Plutarch Quotes

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.

Plutarch

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I was too shy to go and meet Princess Diana.

John Deacon

PrincessGoMeetShyPrincess Diana

'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the characters don't seem totally photo-real, as amazing as they are.

Matt Reeves

GreatAmazingFantasySeemRealism

Many cultures believe that on a certain day - Halloween, the Irish Samhain Eve, Mexico's 'Dia de los Muertos' - the veil between this world and the next is especially thin.

Michael Dirda

DayWorldBelieveIrishVeilMexico

Many of us actively working to interrupt racism continually hear complaints about the 'gotcha' culture of white anti-racism. There is a stereotype that we are looking for every incident we can find so we can spring out, point our fingers, and shout, 'You're a racist!'

Robin DiAngelo

CultureRacismSpringLookingYou

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

Don DeLillo

LiveStandAmericanDangerousMore

We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our larger calling to advance our nation; our debate becomes more about scoring points against an adversary and less about advancing our common cause.

Cory Booker

DebateFocusedBecomeMoreNation

My beginnings in the Southwest are clear and palpable. My beginnings here made me pay attention to where the sun is, where the winds are, the power of the site... I take that baggage with me.

Antoine Predock

PowerSunMeAttentionPay Attention

I really appreciate the many neighbourhoods of Berkeley. There is still the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. And it has the University of California, which is the greatest gift, to my mind, to be close to it. It keeps the place alive.

Alice Waters

MindGiftAppreciateGreatest Gift

I made my first mix tape when I was 14.

Wiz Khalifa

FirstMadeMixTape

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq.

William Safire

TodayWarActionChoiceMilitary

Hope is in some respects a thing more brilliant, more vivifying, than fruition. What we have looked forward to with eager and earnest aspiration is never in all respects equal to the picture we had formed of it. The very uncertainty enhances the enjoyment.

William Godwin

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Since most scientists are just a bit religious, and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific, we find humanity in a comical position. His scientific intellect believes in the possibility of miracles inside a black hole, while his religious intellect believes in them outside it.

William Golding

BlackHumanityFindMiraclesOutside

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