Epictetus Quotes
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.Epictetus
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Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.
Zig Ziglar -
President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.
Randy Neugebauer -
For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it.
Camilla Belle -
In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
Patrick J. Kennedy -
A lot of people don't remember anything since 'Ice Ice Baby,' but I've got 3 records out since then and they're all successes - but not commercially.
Vanilla Ice -
I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
Zoe McLellan
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
W. Bruce Cameron -
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
Ida Tarbell -
I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
R. L. Stine -
I resent ever being stereotyped.
Laura Dern -
My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
Lake Bell -
If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
Edie Campbell
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
Gail Carriger -
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.
Ram Dass -
True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
J. B. Smoove -
Daring is not safe against daring men.
Ovid -
As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
Sam Neill -
It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
Irvine Welsh
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Over half of the traffic that flows over our networks is coming from video. As you think about a business that is going to be video centric and video focused, you want to have scale on the video programming side to be able to take advantage of this.
Randall L. Stephenson -
Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.
Max Planck -
M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
Laraine Day -
The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.
Gavyn Davies -
Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
Ian McKeever -
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.
Epictetus