Epictetus Quotes
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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The reality is that not only were we massively hit in 2008 when the bubble burst, and then we realized how deep the social gap, the economic gap in the world is between the super rich and the poor; also, we realized how impacted the environment has been. So there's been a physical consequence of that.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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What the future of the planet and music and art and all of it is sharing; it's diversity.
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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Pleasant, summer, and slow long day; Also pleasant to pass out of chastisement Pleasant, the blossoms on the tops of the pear-trees; Also pleasant, friendship with the Creator.
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But it was impossible to remain so long in the company of a female, even a divine one, without suffering some form of disillusionment.
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The first blow is half the battle.
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Always wear cute pyjamas to bed, you'll never know who u will meet in your dreams.
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You can never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.
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Oh I wish that I could paint again. Paint is an instrument without which I cannot survive for any length of time. Whenever I even think of gray, green and white, I am overcome with quivers of lust. Then I wish that this war would end and that I might paint again.
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Moi?” He put his hand over his heart and did his best wounded-innocent look. “You must be thinking of some other uncouth jackass. Which makes me jealous, by the way.
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What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.
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Those rosy memories we all share are actually memories from our favorite TV shows. We've confused our own childhoods with episodes of "Ozzie and Harriet," "Father Knows Best," and "The Brady Bunch." In real life, Ozzie had a very visible mistress for years, Bud and Kitten on "Father Knows Best" grew up to become major druggies, and Mom on "The Brady Bunch" dated her fifteen-year-old fictional son.
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I've learned that education, experience, and memories are three things that no one can take away from you.
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The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given
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Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.
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I felt like a loser. I was unhappy as a child most of the time. We were terribly poor and I hated my size.
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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.
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I would like to be going all over the kingdom...and acting everywhere. There's nothing in the world equal to seeing the house rise at you, one sea of delightful faces, one hurrah of applause!
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Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.