Epictetus Quotes

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.

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There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
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I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
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I like risky stuff.
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Trump doesn't force the networks to show his rallies live rather than do real reporting. Nor does he force anyone to accept his phone calls rather than demand that he do a face-to-face interview that would be a greater risk for him.
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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In cases of porphyria, a minor disease, the patient excretes large quantities of porphyrins.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Borderline embarrassing fact: I used to have a pseudo line when I was seven called Zizzy Fashion. I love clothing, and I would eventually like to design as well as act.
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It's so easy to get used to playing a role. Then all of the sudden when you're tossed out of it, it's almost like you have to remember how to act again!
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.
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When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.
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Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
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Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why!
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Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
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God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
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I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'
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I am not comfortable walking the ramp for just any designer. I am particular about who I associate with.
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My acronym is WWSJD: What Would Steve Jobs Do?
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When I have had enough of tears and love, I turn to some poet, and set out again for a new world.
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When I talk to a man, I can always tell what he's thinking by where he is looking. If he is looking at my eyes, he is looking for intelligence. If he is looking at my mouth, he is looking for wisdom. But if he is looking anywhere else except my chest he's looking for another man.
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A sense of the unknown has always lured mankind and the greatest of the unknowns of today is outer space. The terrors, the joys and the sense of accomplishment are epitomized in the space program.
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Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.