Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: roman
  • Birth: 106 BC - 43 BC

Topics

FreedomValuePossessionInestimable

When I sit down to write a song, there is no filter. I'm not trying to write for anyone or anything specifically. It's just trying to capture a little piece of your soul - even if it's a really ugly part.

Jenny Lewis

SoulUglySongTryingDownCapture

In 1984, when I was a rookie member of the House, there was a bill introduced to make Martin Luther King's birthday a state holiday. It didn't have a chance. As time passed, though, more and more states adopted the holiday. Finally, after about five years, we passed it and, I think, almost unanimously. As I said, change is slow and hard.

John Grisham

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Eighty percent of my job is to ask the question, 'If this were real, what would it look like?'

John Knoll

JobLookQuestionAskRealPercent

Baptism is not only a sacrament of our union with Christ; it is also a sacrament of our communion as the body of Christ.

Michael Horton

BaptismBodyCommunionOnlyUnion

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

Robert Browning

ManHimWouldWhichDoesTis

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.

Mira Sorvino

LoveFailureFearStrugglePeople

Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends.

Mitchell Zuckoff

HopeDayChildWorldBookFriends

I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.

Dierks Bentley

MusicGreatEnergyThinkCountry

My search is always to find ways to chronicle, to share and to document stories about people, just everyday people. Stories that offer transformation, that lean into transcendence, but that are never sentimental, that never look away from the darkest things about us.

Chris Abani

PeopleTransformationSearchLook

Let's not judge. Let's draw inspiration from each other's stories - successes and failures - and realize we're all connected.

Cory Booker

JudgeConnectedRealizeInspiration

There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

LifeTimePeopleTalkingPersonal

Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.

Susan Griffin

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