Epictetus Quotes

It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.

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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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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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My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.
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I would never kill a living thing, although I probably have inadvertently while driving automobiles.
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For my entire life I longed for love. I knew it was not right for me — as a girl and later as a woman — to want or expect it, but I did, and this unjustified desire has been at the root of every problem I have experienced in my life.
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The paintings in our galleries are seen one day in bright sunshine and another day in the dim light of a rainy afternoon, yet they remain the same paintings, ever faithful, ever convincing. To a marvelous extent they carry their own light within. For their truth is not that of a perfect replica, it is the truth of art.
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No one should dogmatize about the capacity of human nature for degradation or exaltation.
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It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.