Epictetus Quotes
Keep death and exile daily before thine eyes, with all else that men deem terrible, but more especially Death. Then wilt thou never think a mean thought, nor covet anything beyond measure. (161).
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
Daniel Defoe
Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
Gary Gygax
I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
Rahm Emanuel
America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
Wayne Grady
As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
Adam McKay
It's not an easy task to match Charan. He is really a good dancer, and he comes straight to the sets without rehearsals.
Rakul Preet Singh
I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.
Jackee Harry
I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.
Tawni O'Dell
I probably spend the most time with Toews: we have the same schedule, and we're roomies on the road; we sit next to each other. We do a lot of promotions together.
Patrick Kane
I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
Jackie Chan
When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
Hamza Yusuf
Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
Tamsin Egerton
Guys understand a waistline. They understand a silhouette. I dress for men.
L'Wren Scott
If I'm honest, I suppose there's something I don't want people to see in my eyes. They really are the window to the soul.
John Grant
True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; They hear and see, and sigh, and then they break.
Edward Dyer
We shot 'Oblivion' in Iceland; that was amazing. It's so, so beautiful. They didn't have any Waldorf Hotels there, though; we stayed in the middle of nowhere!
Olga Kurylenko
The promise, made when I am in love and because I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love. A promise must be about things that I can do, about actions: no one can promise to go on feeling in a certain way. He might as well promise to never have a headache or always to feel hungry.
C. S. Lewis
Keep death and exile daily before thine eyes, with all else that men deem terrible, but more especially Death. Then wilt thou never think a mean thought, nor covet anything beyond measure. (161).
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