Epictetus Quotes
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The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
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Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America.
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My father was military, so I traveled a lot, so I had 13 to 15 first days in new schools. Bullies transcend culture, unfortunately, and I had to deal with them wherever I went. I knew how to defend myself. But I didn't know how to fight.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
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What we try to do in TSAW, which is Tasha Smith Actors Workshop, is to help the actor get to the core of who they really are and how they really feel. So, we may have them do a dump, where you just basically express everything that you feel that you have not been able to express, whether it's good, bad, or ugly.
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I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
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For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
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New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.
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I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time.
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I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.
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It's rare that I turn down a photo or autograph, because these are the people that support me, so why not support them. I love it and I invite it. I love what I do and the whole 'celebrity' life and all that.
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I normally hit the gym five times a week. I tend to do half an hour of cardio - on the treadmill or a spin class - then head for the weights. I do a lot of core work, obviously!
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I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
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The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.
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Keep a goverment poor and weak and it's your servant; when it is rich and powerful it becomes your master.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, 'If you don't do it, then we're not going to book you again.' So I'd lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There's a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested.
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.
