Epictetus Quotes
Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder.
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I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
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I'm not good with catty girls. I'm too laid-back.
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It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
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If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There's no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country.
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So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.
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If we had zero corporate tax in this country, tens of millions of jobs would get created in this country for no other reason.
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In some ways, the '60s were a reaction to the '50s and the intensity of the Cold War.
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Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
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I'm open about having bipolar disorder. I'm open about being of mixed race. I'm open about being bisexual, and I have this wantingness to talk about it, and for me, it's about more than being a role model for any specific community.
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I had no idea how difficult Sondheim's music would be. All through the rehearsals, I kept flubbing. There were so many tempo changes. I could never get through the opening number without any mistakes. One day, I went up to Hal Prince and offered to leave the show. He laughed it off. He said, 'Don't be silly. That's why we have tryouts.'
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Every single note on this album is there for a reason.
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Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.
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I have always known a thing before it happens.
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Quo magis in dubiis hominem spectare periclisconvenit adversisque in rebus noscere qui sit;nam verae voces tum demum pectore ab imoeliciuntur et eripitur persona, manet res.
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I'm very comfortable with the idea of there being late bloomers, and for me, of course, there's no difficulty at all in the way that I think of talent and achievement and so on.
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The reason I’m not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.
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When you left this one theater in Norfolk, the actors had to walk through the lobby to get out to the street. People would see you and say nice things, tell you that you were good. So, pretty soon I'm pretending to forget things backstage, going through the lobby a couple of times.
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I feel like before I came to the planet I asked God for the gift of music. I didn't want to come here without the gift of music and God granted it to me.
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There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.
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How you conduct yourself along the path that is your life determines how your life unfolds.
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Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder.
