Epictetus Quotes
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I wanted to become a college coach. I got game films of all the good college coaches - Pete Newell at California, Eddie Donovan with St. Bonaventure, Ken Loeffler at LaSalle.
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I don't like possessions.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.
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Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.
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I did some good things as a rookie.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.
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It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.
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Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan.
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As for genre, my adult books are usually filed under science fiction / fantasy, although some stores put them into romance, and few have stuck them into horror. I consider all my books a mix of steampunk and urban fantasy.
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Courtroom dramas can be boring.
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I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading actor is the rock of the show. Their energy and their tone really sets the groundwork for how everything is going to work. I've been lucky to deal with stars who are very giving and generous.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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Because I was born in Casablanca and my parents were from the south of Spain, I do not have a big central root in France. I feel French but in a few ways, not at all French.
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I feel uncomfortable when I think about my father listening to my records, because I don't want to hurt him.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
