Epictetus Quotes
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By March '87 we're down to seven thousand, by the end of the year we're down to twelve hundred. The whole bottom just fell out of the market. It was bad for me because I was in Australia at the time.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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I didn't see Dr. No for a year, but I liked it when I saw it. It was a fun movie. I don't like the Bond movies now. I hate special effects.
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Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.
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We want to promote people-to-people exchanges so that China and the United States can really join together, not just to solve the problems of China or the United States, but some of the big problems facing the entire world. From climate change to famine to even terrorism.
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There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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The colonial period has been the proving ground in America for the new social history, which concentrates on the ordinary doings of ordinary people rather than on high culture and high politics. Unfortunately ordinary people, almost by definition, leave behind only faint traces of their existence.
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The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.
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I love the hip-hop nation.
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I always remember liking school.
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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
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You never stop thinking about technique, but really, the reason we're actors is because of the sheer joy of those few moments you get every now and again where you're totally present. The rest is just struggle and misery.
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There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.
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I want to tap into different styles. Something definitely mature, sultry, sensual, easy listening that everyone can enjoy. Every one of every race and everyone that likes different styles.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.
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Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you.
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We go where our family goes. We go where our friends are, and because our social networks are so segregated by race, we end up with what we have. We also find that, you know, if you're immigrants, you're not part of that history.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
