Epictetus Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
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Countries have made impressive pledges to cut carbon pollution, but we have to ensure these promises become actions.
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Fashion is a completely international business.
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All emotion is involuntary when genuine.
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As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.
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Who was that fatman buried in your place? Just another imitator, plastic surgeons did his face.
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I can do what I want to do, lucky me. But when these people are coming at me and asking these things, they don't really care about me. And I have felt like there were all these people who just wanted to use me.
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American politics is always somewhat fluid. In this age of social media, it means that voters can swing back and forth.
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The best education I have ever received was through travel.
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Thought is fugitive; the mind does not repeat itself; if you do not catch the whisperings of the oracle as they come to you, they are lost forever. You must-and this is absolutely essential-convince yourselves that what is offered you this very moment will never be offered again.
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This is a show I've always wanted to do. I wanted to do this 15 years ago. We lived in San Diego and my church group there was going to get to do it and I had everything ready to go, but they didn't get the rights. They had to change everything at the last minute, and I've been holding on to the script and director's book since then.
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All my pictures are a kind of revision of my original idea. This is surely very different from the way in which Japanese or Chinese artists work: their themes are pre-ordained, whereas mine are invented at will.
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If you ask me, the hypothetical zenith of gaming technology is direct neural interface - no body to hamper you and your brain is in whatever you want it to be in. Plus it leads to existential uncertainty, which could be entertaining.
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Laundry's easier when you live alone. Fifteen minutes before a date, put 'em on, dry 'em with a hair blower.
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I think it's important for us to believe in one another's capabilities. If I didn't have someone to believe in me, I wouldn't be the individual I am today. Neither would I strive for new territory or new direction or to believe in myself.
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Without Satan, with God only, how poor a universe, how trite a music!
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There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.
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Even the righteous man is just a sinner living in between sins.
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I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe that you can find love in many different places and be very conflicted. I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.
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What I've done in the past is history and what I'm gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.
