Epictetus Quotes
Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.Epictetus
Quotes to Explore
-
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali -
'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
E. T. Bell -
Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
Wallace Shawn -
I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
FKA twigs -
A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
Walter Salles -
I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
Fleur East
-
One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and owned, they are like the two sides of a ghastly disease.
D. H. Lawrence -
But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
Fisher Stevens -
My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
Gary Johnson -
Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.
Carly Schroeder -
On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
Laura Schlessinger -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa
-
When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
N. R. Narayana Murthy -
As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
Abby Wambach -
I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
Barbara Kruger -
All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
Carlos Castaneda -
When I was in high school, I was lucky enough to be an exchange student to a small town in Argentina called Goya.
Patrick Wang -
My husband makes sacrifices so that I can shine.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
-
I always wanted to be a leading man!
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club -
I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
Carlene Carter -
I'm totally a geek.
Zachary Levi -
I had to work 10 times harder. People expect so much of you, because they want to see if you can strive and stand on your own.
Kelly Rowland Destiny's Child -
I’ve lapped so long. As you said. It fair takes. If I lose my breath for a minute or two don’t speak, remember! Once it happened, so it may again. (625.27 - 625.29)
James Joyce -
Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.
Epictetus