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When reality becomes unbearable, the mind must withdraw from it and create a world of artificial perfection. Plato's world of pure Ideas and Forms, which alone is to be considered as real, whereas the world of nature which we perceive is merely its cheap Woolworth copy, is a flight into delusion. Arthur Koestler
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If you read only the best, you will have no need of reading the other books, because the latter are nothing but a rehash of the best and the oldest. To read Shakespeare, Plato, Dante, Milton, Spenser, Chaucer, and their compeers in prose, is to read in condensed form what all others have diluted. Anna C. Brackett
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With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. Stephen Jay Gould
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The spirit of Plato dies hard. We have been unable to escape the philosophical tradition that what we can see and measure in the world is merely the superficial and imperfect representation of an underlying reality. Stephen Jay Gould
plato philosophical knowledge
The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. Alfred North Whitehead
plato men intelligent
No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated. Plato
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The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at another downing water and reducing, now practicing gymnastic, and again idling and neglecting everything; and sometimes spending his time as though he were occupied in philosophy. Plato
plato honesty dishonesty
Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. Plato
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Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy. Plato
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As far as I know I'm doing a book with him on the Jackson trial. Larry Garrison
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As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it. Demian Bichir
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People call each other when they see new books on the shelves. New books are usually checked out in two days, DVDs in (only) hours. Sharon Chang
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No relevant data which support hypotheses, laws, models and theories could be found in the papers and books by proponents of intelligent design, only unsubstantiated assumptions. Therefore, it can justifiably be viewed as pseudoscience. Mark Perakh
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Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule. Richard Curtis
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Any win is important nowadays. Obviously, Philly has been playing well and their score was posted on the scoreboard before we started. They lost and we knew we had a golden opportunity to gain a game. We went out and did it. So it's two more off the magic number, whatever it is. It's probably 100. But nonetheless, it's another day in the books and we gained a game. Chipper Jones
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These books now stand both as a testament to the resilience of the residents of New Orleans ... and as a map back from disaster, offered by the city's teenagers. Richard Nash
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The Stones have written and rewritten the book on touring. Ray Waddell
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The stock looks extremely good in terms of fundamentals, with a book value of 1.64 pesos per share. Nestor Aguila
self vision world
Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self. Baha'u'llah
self machines schwarzenegger
One thing Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't is self-effacing. Everything has to be the biggest. His money, his muscles, his movies and his machines. Arnold Schwarzenegger
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A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack Ayn Rand
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Transgression of any kind is always accompanied by a loss of self-esteem. Brian Tracy
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[Travel seems] not just a way of having a good time, but something that every self-respecting citizen ought to undertake, like a high-fiber diet, say, or a deodorant. Jan Morris
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The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within. Bryant H. McGill
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Don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care. Bryant H. McGill
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The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back. Bryant H. McGill
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What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! Jane Austen