Epictetus Quotes
If a man would pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows.
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I think that's a weak excuse, to say because a rapper's getting older that he ain't got it no more. Nah. Don't go by that philosophy. Let's just recognize that talent is within.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.
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I have to grow with my audience.
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You must learn to take life less seriously and to laugh.
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It's tough, but you learn your lesson from all the mistakes you make.
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I'm a California girl. I grew up in Inglewood right by LAX.
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When I read about genetics, I see breakthroughs every day. And while I'm trying to learn more about behavioral science, I must say that I don't feel I get tremendous intellectual stimulation from most of the things I read.
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I have a thousands wants; it's hard to really hone in on just a few.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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I love entertaining people, and I want to pursue it.
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Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don't learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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But I owe it to the subject to say, that it has long afforded me what philosophy is so often thought, and made, barren of - the fun of discovery, the pleasures of co-operation, and the satisfaction of reaching agreement.
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God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us.
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Where women love each other, men learn to smother their mutual dislike.
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Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
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Democrats hate success.
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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When you look at them as babies in the cradle, you never know what they are going to become, but you always hope for the best.
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If a man would pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows.
