for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he … - Plato

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I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

Plato

for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and is beside himself, and reason is no longer in him.

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He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

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The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

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'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'

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Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

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The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.

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I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

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Who besides a degraded rabble would voluntarily present itself to be graded and classified like meat? No wonder school is compulsory.

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I think that every record has its own life and a different sound.

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Kellyanne Conway

The excuse of divided government is over: they have the House and the Senate as well; they have the state legislatures; they have a majority of the governors. And that's exciting. But for me, I think the lesson also is all the opportunities out there for women, increasingly in politics and media and public policy and government affairs - all the things we do here in Washington - that we still have to make choices, there are limits.

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Janeane Garofalo

There is no blacklist. In the first place, in the entertainment business, money talks, bullshit walks. So Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins won't be blacklisted because they are bankable stars. In the second place, if you are a woman, the only things you're going to be blacklisted for in Hollywood are body fat and aging.

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