Epictetus Quotes
When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist.
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having chemistry right away. A girl should be really easy to talk to. When I lose track of time because we've been talking, I think that's really fun.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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I surrender to my directors. I do that because I respect them immensely. In fact, a director's talent scares me. I admit that they're more intelligent than me, and I submit to that, as an assistant director does. Even when I have suggestions to make, I don't state them strongly.
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I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.
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I don't keep secrets from my parents, really; it's pretty open.
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Marriage is something I'd recommend everyone to try, if you find the right person, of course.
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I grew up watching horror movies with my dad. For as long as I can remember. I grew up loving being terrified. 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' at sleepovers. Hiding behind my fingers.
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The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity--hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory--because at the Father's will Jesus became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross.
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If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
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I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs.
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What can I say? Chicks dig the mask.
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No diss to any of my homies, but I pay very close attention to what people say about me.
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When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.
