Epictetus Quotes
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I got in a really bad accident in a Toyota vehicle, but I feel like the safety of the vehicle and God really saved my life.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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What I would love is for people to see some of the stories I want to tell.
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After September 11th, nations from across the globe offered their generous assistance to the people of New York. And whenever our friends around the world need our assistance, New York is there.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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If you are able to explain suffering, a man once told him, you weren't really there.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
