Epictetus Quotes
It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.
Quotes to Explore
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I am not a perfect 10 anymore. I can only try my best.
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Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
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Let us have peace.
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I've never had an audition like that before. They don't let you know about anything on 'Mad Men,' because it's a spoiler for everybody. I thought I was on the right track when I was cracking everybody up.
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My co-winners, Peter Diamond and Christopher Pissarides, and I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for this very great honor. We each feel privileged and humbled to be named the winners of the 2010 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
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So many of us have friends or family who have battled cancer, and we know how important it is to find a cure.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.
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Social media buzz can lead to huge successes when people spread the word about something they love and want to share. But authors creating their own buzz? Making their own noise? It's hard to make a lot of noise on our own about our own work. Except, sadly, negative noise.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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I'm there on all the social networking sites, as it plays an important role.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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I'm very passionate.
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When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving?
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When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book.
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Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
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I hate my own attorneys!
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People ask me, 'Why are you still writing books?' Like I'm still only writing to make money and as soon as I have enough I'll quit and go fishing? I like to write books. It's the most satisfying thing I do.
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Leaders in an interconnected organization must be comfortable sitting in the middle of a network, not at the top of an org-chart.
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My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist.
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As long as I'm learning every day of my life, I will never feel old. Never. And I don't feel old; I feel in my head and in my heart - I don't know, ageless!
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It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.
