Epictetus Quotes
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.Epictetus
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Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova -
Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
Rachel Bloom -
You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
Pablo Picasso -
I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.
Ian Somerhalder -
It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
Naftali Bennett -
Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.
C. Wright Mills
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Golf is not my priority. I would hope people see me as a Christian man who loved his family, who loved being in the heat of competition and sometimes succeeded at it; who understood that golf was his job and that he was very lucky to play it for a living.
Zach Johnson The Fray -
I feel like I have to move violently once a day, or I'll lose my mind.
Adam Driver -
They say what I did was ego-driven and name-dropping …Damn right it is. Who am I going to write about? People I didn't meet?
Malachy McCourt -
A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
Isaac Asimov -
...We cannot think first and act afterwards. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.
Alfred North Whitehead -
From old Belerium to the northern main.
Alexander Pope
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An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.
Arthur Miller -
But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall -
In proportion as slavery prevails in a State, the Government, however democratic in name, must be aristocratic in fact.
James Madison -
I'm a feminist and the theme of her song is, 'When you're ready come and get it from me.' I'm sick of women being portrayed this way.
Lorde -
Today, it's almost the outlier if people are not photographing what they ate and then sharing that in real time.
Danny Meyer -
I like to go to the beach, have a bonfire, and play music.
Colbie Caillat
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I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it.
Lamar Alexander -
Look at the American history of slavery. Can you say that hundreds of years later that has been eased? That pain has not yet been eased.
Anohni -
I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry.
Patti LaBelle -
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus