Epictetus Quotes
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I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but I'm not a gearhead. I've never been into fixing cars. It's not because I don't like it. I would love to know more. It's just my dad never taught me that stuff because my dad wasn't a mechanic.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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A guy running, you know, fifteen, twenty stallions that are two years of age, never been touched by a human before, and you've got to start castrating them, that's pretty intimidating.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody else knew stuff that I didn't know.
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I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
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I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I tend to watch a little TV... Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in.
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What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?
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I had left teaching, which I enjoyed, because I realized I couldn't get tenure at a research university.
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Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do.
