Epictetus Quotes
When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the fact is that some of us are wild beasts of a larger size, while others are little animals, malignant and petty.Epictetus
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I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.
Gary Numan -
I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
Danai Gurira -
I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
J. A. Jance -
I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
Gary Bauer -
Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
Rafael dos Anjos -
Even though it's a shortened format of the game, Twenty20 allows people with different skills to play in a team and play their specific roles. Obviously there's not too much time to waste balls, but if you look at guys who play well in the top six, they have a fairly decent amount of good cricketing ability.
Rahul Dravid
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If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
Jack Lemmon -
Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
Victor Pinchuk -
Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.
Dan Shechtman -
If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's not lost on me that it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: '60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
Valentino Garavani -
A 'Cosmo' cover has been my dream my entire life. I cried when I found out.
Kaley Cuoco
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I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Why trip off some random person in Idaho that doesn't feel my vibe? Like, no thank you. Stay in your life; I'll stay in mine.
Zendaya -
You seen my shows; I bring the 'hood out.
Young Jeezy -
You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism.
Salman Rushdie -
I love my stories being multi-layered, and coming at it from different angles, so that you don't understand the film's true emotional motivation until the very end.
M. Night Shyamalan -
'The Grand Budapest Hotel' is not really my thing, but I kind of loved it.
Quentin Tarantino
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You have to be holy in your position as you are, and I have to be holy in the position that God has put me. So it is nothing extraordinary to be holy. Holiness is not the luxury of the few. Holiness is a simple duty for you and for me. We have been created for that.
Mother Teresa -
Teach your children gratefulness. Do all you can to deliver them from our culture's poisonous entitlement mentality.
Randy Alcorn -
People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down to see just how well they do, what kind of people they are. The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.
Linda Blair -
You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.
Paul Auster -
When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the fact is that some of us are wild beasts of a larger size, while others are little animals, malignant and petty.
Epictetus