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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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 -
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
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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 -
There is stardust in your veins. We are literally, ultimately children of the stars.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell -
I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.
Birch Bayh -
I want to see better quality of comedy on TV.
Barun Sobti
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Christmas is a story that has both religious and pagan origins, and to ignore its power is to ignore the power of myth - those symbols and legends that help us to ground our lives.
Jay Parini -
I've always had a passion for giving back. It's a family tradition that comes from my devout parents. They were always giving back and serving the community. So when I became fortunate enough and blessed to play the game of basketball, I was also fortunate enough to follow in my parents' footsteps and give back like the way they did.
Dikembe Mutombo -
I personally don't need to see a story about a person that starts up miserable and ends up worse.
Kenneth Lonergan -
He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage.
George Combe -
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus