Epictetus Quotes
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.
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Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.
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The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and the spenders - will require long and painful adjustment.
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Before I did comedy, I'd freestyle with all of my friends. In high school and into college, I recorded songs with my friends, not to perform but just to play for them. So I've had interest in music for a while. Early on, I'd host a lot of music open nights or hip-hop nights, so a lot of my early experience performing was around music.
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I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that.
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I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
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I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.
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Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.
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To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.
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We were trailing at the three mile point. The guys picked it up in the last two miles and we were able to pull it off.
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My grandfather was a commander in the Navy. He was very proud of his service, and he lived his entire life as though he was still serving.
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The film of tomorrow will be an act of love.
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If you have anything better to be doing when death overtakes you, get to work on that.
