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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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 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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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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Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having grown up in this country and, and, and never seeing anything like that.
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I like football, but I think this is a very personal matter. I don't see any negatives for some Russian rich man to buy a football club.
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Television audiences are ruthless - look what happened to 'The Killing.'
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These are the moments when the powerful mind or the forceful character feels the ferment of the times, when his thoughts quicken, and when he can inject into the uncertainties of others the creative ideas which will strengthen them with purpose. At such a moment the man who can direct others, in thought or in action, can remake the world.
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Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness.
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If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing.
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Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.
