Epictetus Quotes
We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
Quotes to Explore
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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I've never been on a date.
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I also love the zombie genre, my zombie fandom going way back to 'Night of the Living Dead.' And 'The Walking Dead' is truly the ultimate representation of that sensibility in the comic book genre.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.
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Let's have some new cliches.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Remember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.
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Last but not least among serial killer methodologies, we have women who kill their own children.
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Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.
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The establishment is a dirty, dangerous beast, and the BBC is a mouthpiece for that.
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The same time I'm designing my collection, I'm also designing my store. It has to have brand awareness, an identity. I'm also designing the racks and the hangers, and juggling a lot of things.
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Our job is to convince guys that our way is the best way to cross the road. The tactics and training and facilities are important, but I still have to convince you.
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Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.
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We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
