Epictetus Quotes
We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
Quotes to Explore
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Some of us are lucky enough to choose what we wear, and some of us don't have that luxury, but we all are communicating something to the world around us by what we wear, no matter if it's sweatpants or a tuxedo.
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I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
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I'm a TV junkie, so it's hard to choose just one. Currently I'm a slave to 'Black Sails,' 'Vikings,' 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Mindy Project.'
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All writers, in all viewpoints, must choose which information and scenes will be presented, and in which order. In that sense, the author is always represented as a point of view in a work of fiction. His hand can always be detected by the discerning.
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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Even though things happen by accident, you also unconsciously choose things that help you.
Nastassja Kinski -
I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.
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All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.
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If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
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You can watch Chanel fashion shows and watch the news. Fortunately you don't have to choose. I always vote, I go to rallies, but I also go to fashion shows.
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Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.
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You know you're living with the habit of zest if you purposefully choose the scenic route to wherever you are going. Or you choose clothing because you love the texture of the fabric. Or you pick a shampoo or cleaning product because you love the smell - smell being just as important to you as how the product works.
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Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities.
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Everyone is very respectful of one another and what they choose to believe in. The guys in this clubhouse live in harmony when it comes to that kind of stuff.
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I love that synergy between being entertainers and having people respond. There's no greater reward.
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It's weird to say, but every time I look at my daughter and I see this little living breathing thing that came from me, that represents all of the hopes and dreams that I would want for her, I see a miracle.
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We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
