Epictetus Quotes
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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I always wanted to be with a woman who has the same mindset and wants to look after me like my mum.
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Hanson is not the pop band that a lot of people think we are. I think we're a lot more rooted in a lot of music history... we're songwriters, we're singers, we're players first. We're not entertainers, we're not celebrities, and frankly, we don't really want to be.
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Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself than to try to show somebody else what he wants. But it's hard for me to say; I barely know Jeff.
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If I was in a horrorfilm I’d die first, because I would have no idea what’s going on.
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Politically it would be terribly repressive to prevent people from having as many children as they want. But something's got to prevent it; and it won't be pleasant... We're still behaving in ways that have become disastrous... I don't think this helps us to survive... We're very species-centric... and now exist at the expense of every other form of life on Earth.
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If we are in Christ the whole basis of our goings is God, not conceptions of God, not ideas of God, but God Himself. We do not need any more ideas about God, the world is full of ideas about God, they are all worthless, because the ideas of God in anyone’s head are of no more use than our own ideas. What we need is a real God, not more ideas about Him.
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There would be little reason to lie down at night without the possibility of seeing things bigger and more amazing than the average day might bright about. Why pick up a pen or type on a keyboard if there's no imagination or wonder left to behold? I would hate to be in the position of hoping for nothing simply because my brain can no longer dream.
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I tell girls, 'If you're tall and feel too tall, the answer is to be taller.'
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The absorption of oxygen and the elimination of carbon dioxide in the lungs take place by diffusion alone. There is no trustworthy evidence of any regulation of this process on the part of the organism.
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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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Have the courage of your own convictions and don't be swayed by friends who boast about their financial home runs. Last year's winners are often this year's losers.
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We've had such robust economic indicators over the past few months that today's report was really regarded as a sign of relief.
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What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening.
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I have made the world's faith in God my own and as my faith is effaceable, I regard that faith as amounting to experience.
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It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him.
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Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.
