Epictetus Quotes
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
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Frankly, I am boring. My life is all about the film set, gym classes, and home.
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I spent my time very nicely in many ways, but not fully satisfactory. Then I became Professor in France, but realized that I was not - for the job that I should spend my life in.
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I had knockback after knockback before I got anywhere. After I got my first record deal I thought that was it, then Gut Records went into liquidation. I was 20. I had no idea what that meant. I had a few days to get myself out of that contract or my work would be owned by someone else.
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If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.
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When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals.
