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Publilius Syrus Quotes

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

Publilius Syrus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: roman
Birth: 85 BC - 43 BC

Topics

Man Cautious Himself Timid Thrifty

We may have a tacit understanding of how our solar system works, but watching the sun disappear behind the moon reminds us of the vastness of space and the enduring mysteries of the universe we inhabit.

Space Sun Moon Universe Watching

Guilt is a weird thing to me. I don't have a lot of it.

Me Weird Guilt Lot Thing

The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Live Respect Career See Normal Like

It's not hard to create a song, but to write a song that's really going affect somebody? That takes a hell of a lot of time.

Time Song Hell Create Write Hard

To be honest, I don't love the getting-ready-for-red-carpet thing. I like when it's done, the final product, but the actual doing of all that is not my favorite 'cause I'm kind of impatient, and I don't like to be doted on. I'm a very independent, 'I'll do it myself' sort of personality.

Love Myself Personality Doing Done

As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during the day.

Day Thought Serious New Done Get

People expected me to be creative and true to myself. In that way, I follow my father's footsteps.

Father Myself Creative People Me

There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control.

Control You Go Successful Movie Too

I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After 'Juno' I thought: 'I think I've defined myself enough as my own director that I'd love to work with my father.'

Work Love Father Children Myself

When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play.

Music Meaning Play Mood Whatever

As a kid, I was mischievous, necessarily, but I always wanted to do adventurous stuff.

Tyler Blackburn

Kid Always Adventurous Stuff Wanted

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

Thomas S. Monson

Courage Great Humility Disappointment

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