"There are, then, three states of mind ... two vices--that of excess, and that of defect; and one virtue--the mean; and all these are in a certain sense opposed to one another; for the extremes are not only opposed to the mean, but also to one another; and the mean is opposed to the extremes."

-- Aristotle

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“Theism tells men that they are the slaves of a God. Atheism assures men that they are the investigators and users of nature.”
“I love working in New York theater.”
“We often forget that Spain controlled big parts of Europe, in Italy and the Netherlands. In the Middle Ages, Spain and Portugal were so powerful that they signed a set of treaties literally dividing up the globe between them.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?”
“There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.”
“I have always had trouble recognizing myself in the features of the intellectual playing his political role according to the screenplay that you are familiar with and whose heritage deserves to be questioned.”
“People who enjoy the privileges of success must use these privileges to benefit those who do not have them. These privileges constitute a deep hole they need to climb out of if they are to prevent its being the case that the world would have been better off if they had never been born.”

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“I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you'd go nuts.”

Source : "A Q&A With Elton John". Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. November 16, 2004.

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