Epictetus Quotes
Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
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My grandfather allowed as how I might even live long enough to see a Mars landing. I haven't, of course, except in fiction, including my own, and strongly doubt that I ever will.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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I remember when I first came to Liverpool, Pepe Reina helped with everything, and he made it easy for me. When I was Atletico Madrid captain, I tried to help everyone. These are the basics in football: you need to create an atmosphere and try to create a group of friends. It's not easy, and it doesn't always happen, but you have to try.
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I am so proud of being a Paralympian because I think the Games are a very good platform for disabled persons to perform themselves. Within the Paralympics movement, it's not just talk about excellence; it's not just talk about the competition. It's also talk about the equality and how your world accepts those disabled people.
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.
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My hair was so much a part of my personality and all my photo shoots. I hid behind my hair. And then, I just decided I was okay with myself. To have short hair and really show my face is even more revealing than anything. It's a statement - not to everyone else, more to myself. I'm just ready to get out from behind my hair and be myself.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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One time I went into a restroom and a girl followed me in. I signed an autograph for her in the sink. It was pretty funny because she was in a guy's restroom and she wasn't embarrassed at all.
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I'm very political without being political. I don't know how to speak proper political language.
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It's not my ambition to be a big star.
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I personally approve all the shoes that go into production, and I have a level of involvement with the factories that other people don't have.
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I have a naive outlook on life. That's who I am.
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Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.
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I always knew, even as a kid, that my mom had a really rough life, and I always wanted to make her feel happy and to make her feel good.
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One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold
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The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on.
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Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.
