Epictetus Quotes
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
Jackie DeShannon -
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
Karl Barth -
'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.
Vicki Lawrence -
Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
Jackie Collins -
Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may be necessary to develop the discipline to search the scriptures daily.
L. Lionel Kendrick
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
Wayne McGregor -
'Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times. They even ran a very embarrassing article about me in the local paper, about the weird kid who's seen 'Jaws' 55 times.
Victor Salva -
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
Victor Hugo -
Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
Ira Glass -
The 'Dangerous' album has producers like Tiny, who to me is very special. Also, Luny Tunes, Nesty La Mente Maestra, Nelly La Arma Secreta, Haze, and El Ingeniero. I wanted to use everyone who makes music in Puerto Rico and beyond to have variety.
Yandel Wisin & Yandel -
I'm not on Twitter or Facebook. I've never been interested in being on any of them. I don't know why I'm not. I just don't have that need. I feel like I'm one of the only people I know who doesn't do it.
Hannah Ware
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
Dakota Fanning -
Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
Sally Ride -
New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'
Salman Rushdie -
One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
Cameron Russell -
It is neither my intention to depart from the route of John Garang nor to change the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
Salva Kiir Mayardit
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As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.
Kristin Scott Thomas -
I love to read things that I'm sure won't make a movie.
Amy Pascal -
It's funny: I kinda still float under the radar. I'm not tall like a New York Knick; I'm not a heavy, strong New York Giant or New York Jet. I blend in pretty well. A lot of people don't recognize me too many places. More men recognize me than women.
Curtis Granderson -
Sometimes you got to put somebody in their place, let them know that you mean business and you're a grown ass man.
J. B. Smoove -
When I first did a U.S. pilot season, there were very few British actors schlepping around town trying to get into television. That was 1999.
Jamie Bamber -
Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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