Epictetus Quotes
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
Irene Dunne -
Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
Gary Johnson -
I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
Zadie Smith -
I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.
Kacey Musgraves -
I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
Karen Joy Fowler -
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
Aaron Burr
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I was always the youngest boy in my class at high school. I have retained this feeling of being the youngest, even though now I am almost the oldest person I know.
Oliver Sacks -
If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.
Manolo Blahnik -
As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.
Victoria Osteen -
To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa.
Abbas Kiarostami -
I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
Halle Berry -
You are never to allow a shadow of doubt to enter your mind that the Creator intended you to win in life's battle.
Orison Swett Marden
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It's such an insult that foul gas comes out of a hole in our butt with a sound to announce itself. It's the ultimate bad thing about being a person.
Kate McKinnon -
With the advent of DNA, we know that people have been convicted and sentenced to death who later proved not to be guilty of the crime.
Kamala Harris -
There are people who've enjoyed my work in the theater, and they let me know that it was special for them. I'm not going to say, 'Well, you should have seen me as Gandalf!'
Ian Mckellen -
Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes-while not becoming an extremist. Most companies don't do paradox very well.
Gary Hamel -
I have great respect for the unconditional teachers called books. Because from a book, you can either learn, or you can’t.
Kamal Haasan -
The internet is not necessarily a golden goose yet, but we must fight to keep it safe, keep it level, keep it democratic, keep it open, keep it diverse so that when it becomes the golden goose, we independent artists can share and maybe at least get a wing or a thigh, even if we don’t get the breast meat.
Lloyd Kaufman
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I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting
Ransom Riggs -
Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
Lactantius -
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
Sallust -
Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country.
Pierre Loti -
If there's a heaven, I can't find the stairway
Tariq Trotter -
In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it.
Epictetus