Epictetus Quotes
Think of God more often than thou breathest.
Epictetus
Quotes to Explore
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
Napoleon Hill
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
Jack Keane
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
Salman Rushdie
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
Faith Hill
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
Hans Hofmann
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If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.
Ina Garten
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
Saint Augustine
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This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.
Gary Zukav
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
Oscar Robertson
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
T. C. Boyle
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Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.
Nancy Kress
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
Fiona Shaw
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I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
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I think the common elements first are that, basically, we are entering markets or in markets that are deregulating or have recently deregulated, and so they have become competitive, moving from monopoly franchise-type businesses to competitive, market-oriented businesses.
Bill Vaughan
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At the heart of our universe, each soul exists for God, in our Lord.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Love dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.
Anne Carson
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Think of God more often than thou breathest.
Epictetus