Epictetus Quotes
It's so simple really: If you say you're going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
Quotes to Explore
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I really love storytelling.
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I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
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I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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I knew I was going to be somebody.
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I'm not going to break up my family, not for a book.
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I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.
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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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I'm based here in L.A., but I think in the future I might consider settling down in Malaysia when I start a family.
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Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.
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I loved my start. I'm proud of my spots. I don't feel embarrassed by anything that I did... It definitely helped me more than hurt me.
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Be careful not to start a company that really belongs as a feature of another company, like the 25 Twitter URL shortener companies out there. Pick a real problem that's here to stay.
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Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
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There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most part they were not actually qualified to do it.
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I would love a bowl of Frosties, but I start the day with something healthier like a bowl of yoghurt or berries.
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I'm really obsessed with the past.
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I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It's the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you.
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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
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Initially, I wanted to do films with A-list actors when I was struggling. I was hoping that I could also get that platform where I'm launched with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan or Aamir Khan... and with them my career could also start, but it didn't happen. And then came 'Queen.'
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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With a poem you can say 'I got my feeling into words for myself. I now have the equivalent in words for that much of what I have felt.'
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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.
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Eighty per cent of global warming comes from livestock and deforestation.
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It's so simple really: If you say you're going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
