Epictetus Quotes
Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.
Quotes to Explore
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The Prophet Muhammad himself sought to erase any distinctions between the message he taught and that taught by Jesus, who he called God's 'spirit and word.'
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I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories about character and love.'
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
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I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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I can't stand reading anything that I've said.
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The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart. You have to be in your heart. Be in your heart. The rest is up here in your head where you are doing, doing, doing.
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To suggest that a Muslim cannot think for himself sounds to me very much like an incident of anti-Muslim bigotry.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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I was supposed to go see Led Zeppelin when I was in, like, the 8th or 9th grade, and then John Bonham died and I never was able to. For me, music is such a huge part of my life, and I use songs like memory triggers. So a lot of my memories of being a kid and growing up are associated with different songs.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.
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After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all.
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Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.
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If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy… If you want a shot at changing it, join me.
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I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.
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Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.
