Epictetus Quotes
Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.Epictetus
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Oscar Wilde -
The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
Hanna Rosin -
I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
Tammy Duckworth -
Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
Jack Keane -
I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
C. V. Raman -
I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
Zac Brown Band
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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
Warren Rudman -
My parents aren't married. And one of the reasons why they never got married is because they had been married before, and they liked it the way it was. They didn't feel like they needed a piece of paper to be committed. So for me, I know that marriage is not a golden ticket.
Kate Hudson -
A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
Dan Savage -
If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
Wanda Sykes -
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
Isaac D'Israeli -
By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
Kate Reardon
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
Taylor Sheridan -
I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
Daniel Bryan -
People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
Ingmar Bergman -
Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
Becky Lynch -
We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
Calamity Jane -
War on terrorism reflects, in my view, a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy for a superpower and for a great democracy with genuinely idealistic traditions.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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I got into bodybuilding very young - I was 13.
Harley Pasternak -
A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation.
Andy Grove -
It wasn't easy in the 1970s when I initially started on my mission - to take yoga to the world. Nobody knew what it was in Japan. When I met Bill Clinton for the first time, he asked me if it was a form of yogurt that you eat! But I kept my faith and never gave up on my quest.
Bikram Choudhury -
Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43 teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days, that adds up to a five-pound bag of sugar.
John Mackey -
Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
Epictetus