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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I drove a brand new Lamborghini, the Huracan; it was great. We went on the Autobahn, and we got to drive on the Nurburgring.
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Competition and competitive rhetoric can be healthy. It's what drove the United States to pursue the Soviet Union into space, creating countless innovations along the way.
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The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.
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Sadly, half of marriages end in divorce. Half of my girl friends and male friends have been through one, and their kids are doing great. There's no shame around it - unless you want to project that on to yourself - but certainly there's no longer cultural shame. Everyone is walking through it.
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I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy writing for my generation who's, like, 60 - and it doesn't work.
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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.
