Epictetus Quotes
If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.Epictetus
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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 -
The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
Federica Montseny -
Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
Victoria Pendleton -
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 -
Life is neither comedy or tragedy, life is what you make of it.
Radha Mitchell -
I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
Aaron Sorkin
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When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.
Taylor Swift -
I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
Natalie Coughlin -
I think the physical comedy in action sequences is fantastic. Like, '21 Jump Street' did a great job with that.
T. J. Miller -
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 -
I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
Eddi Reader -
The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
Gail Sheehy
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
Sacha Baron Cohen -
Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
Abraham Cowley -
Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
Larry Flynt -
I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Apparel and then got cast in the Yeezus tour. Vanessa Beecroft did the creative direction, and they hired three American Apparel models and nine dancers - it wasn't a lot of dancing; we were mostly just walking.
Kacy Hill -
The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court - a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.
Pat Buchanan -
Any item of clothing that covers the face and makes it impossible to identify individuals is open to abuse.
Maajid Nawaz
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Just because I'm doing 'Star Wars' doesn't mean that'll be the thing that makes people stop me in the street.
Domhnall Gleeson -
I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.
Buddy Rich -
For me, what usually makes a horror sequence scary is the journey not the destination.
James Wan -
No one is going to remember a second-place team.
Carli Lloyd -
As we wander, grieving, in yet another dark moment, amid our pain we must struggle to remember the redemptive power of love and hope.
Ephraim Mirvis -
If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.
Epictetus