Epictetus Quotes
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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When I got pregnant with my first child, I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: 'I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when I'm pregnant.' That is true, but I also ate a lot of cake.
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I was just finishing up 'Spotlight' in Toronto - I finished it on a Tuesday and started 'True Detective' on a Friday. So I was missing rehearsals, unfortunately, which I hate and why I never like to work back-to-back.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.
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When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.
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The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.
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Generally, you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it's really easy. If the company desperately needs money, and they can't figure out any other way, then they need to raise money. Or if someone's offering you easy money on good terms, you should take it because you can use it for good things.
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My philosophy is to be me.
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We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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True kindness isn't something we're born with. It's something we have to work at. Not everyone has it. But I think everyone has the potential. Sometimes you just have to look really close before you can tell it's there."
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We do only three things in life: we sit, we stand, we lie horizontal. The rest is just a story.
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I find myself listening to Talk Talk on repeat while I'm doing gardening in upstate New York. Their music is so languid, and I just love his voice.
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I was definitely living fast. I was working, traveling a lot, playing. I didn't stop. It all became unbalanced.
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Some of your hurts you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you endured From evils which never arrived!
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
