Epictetus Quotes
The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.
Epictetus
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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.
Rachel Gibson
I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
Karl Lagerfeld
Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
Narendra Modi
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
Abraham Lincoln
When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.
Dane Cook
Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.
Fanny Kemble
I have never gotten my nails done.
Yuan Yuan Tan
I had innumerable visions at that time c. 1903; wherever I looked, Nature was alive, the sky, the clouds, on every stone and among the branches of the trees, everywhere my creatures stirred and lived their still or wild, lively lives, arousing my excitement and crying out to be painted.
Emil Nolde
I'm a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence.
Alexandra Daddario
Our sense of agency, how much we feel in control, is defined by our relationship with our bodies and its rhythms: Our waking and sleeping and how we eat, sit, and walk define the contours of our days. In order to find our voice, we have to be in our bodies—able to breathe fully and able to access our inner sensations. This is the opposite of dissociation, of being “out of body” and making yourself disappear. It’s also the opposite of depression, lying slumped in front of a screen that provides passive entertainment. Acting is an experience of using your body to take your place in life.
Bessel van der Kolk
The sin of respectable people reveals itself in flight from responsibility.
Eberhard Bethge
The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.
Epictetus
