Epictetus Quotes
Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their opinions, their values, and their habit of interpreting events.
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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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When you start to think about politicians, you've got to realize these are strange creatures. Other than the fact that they can't tell directions, and they have very strange breeding habits, how do you actually work with these things?
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Cognitive neuroscience, and social theorists from Weber to Bourdieu, have recognized that humans act, most of the time, habitually, not reflectively. Both at intrastate and inter-states levels, habits play critical roles in mitigating uncertainty, providing a sense of order, and entrench patterns of cooperation or enmity.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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Old habits die hard. I don't like spending money willy-nilly.
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I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
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Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.
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Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.
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In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.
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The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each project.
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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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I'm a coffee enthusiast. I try not to have too many bad habits.
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I am so anti-people's opinions when I'm making a record, but when it's finished and I put it out there, I hope somebody likes it.
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Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
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On occasion, a well-constructed drama can do what no reality or news program can do, what Shakespeare does brilliantly, is it can show both sides' opinions.
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When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.
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Recognize that dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong, and go out of your way to reward them.
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.... In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are of a certain kind; for the resulting character varies as they vary. It makes no small difference, therefore, whether a man be trained in his youth up in this way or that, but a great difference, or rather all the difference.
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The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.
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Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.
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He who hoards much loses much.
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Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their opinions, their values, and their habit of interpreting events.
