Epictetus Quotes
It is not reasonings that are wanted now; for there are books stuffed full of stoical reasonings.
Quotes to Explore
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I've got pretty good knowledge about pass rushing. But I know I have a lot to work on.
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Initially, when I joined Twitter, I was active. But, later, I felt that whatever I was tweeting or saying on a social platform turned out to be a little boring.
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I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon.
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Most of all, I love unfussy, unpretentious, simple food made with excellent ingredients. If I'm a snob, it's about quality, not cuisine.
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Success should stem from entrepreneurial creativity, not political connectivity.
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I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.
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I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
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There were people in Cuba who truly had substantial things to gain from revolution. There were people who had things to lose in the revolution. I think they're all allowed to have their memories of what happened.
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Nothing makes me laugh more than farting.
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My sister lives in Oklahoma. And, you know, it is so shocking that James Inhofe, the foremost climate-denying senator, is from the state that is so deeply climate-affected.
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You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.
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Marijuana you can give up, Iv given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.
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I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house.
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I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.
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The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.
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If the past is a house of many chambers, then the present is the most recent coat of paint.
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Are you perchance running on a 64-bit machine?
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I am delighted, one more time, by the daring of my species and the audacity of our flying machines. There is poetry and music in our technology, a beauty as touching as that of eagle, moss campion, raven or yonder limestone boulder shining under the Arctic sun.
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Nevada has a world-class economy. It will only build a world-class culture with world-class research universities coupled with the Desert Research Institute.
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I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things.
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Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.
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I usually destroy unreleased material. It has a way of coming back to haunt you.
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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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It is not reasonings that are wanted now; for there are books stuffed full of stoical reasonings.
