Quotern

Quotern

For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.

-- Plato

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Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

-- Robert Browning

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It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it.

-- Thomas Pynchon

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Love is only half the illusion the lover, but not his love, is deceived.

-- George Santayana

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Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our lifetime. We need to keep them alive.

-- Martin Scorsese

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Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.

-- Susannah York

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I learned a lot from that first record and I learned a lot from my experiences touring, but really the biggest education I got over the past two years was learning the importance of arrangements.

-- Vanessa Carlton

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The great companies will be the ones that find a way to have and hold on to their values while chasing their profits, and brand value will converge to create a new business model that unites commerce and compassion. The heart and the wallet... The great companies of this century will be sharp to success and at the same time sensitive to the idea that you can't measure the true success of a company on a spread sheet.

-- Bono

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Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see this movie five times and then never see it again 'cause I'm so sick of it? What is it worth, honestly?

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They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.

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