Epictetus Quotes
Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well.
Epictetus
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Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.
Saint Ignatius
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I tend to have a lot of jokes about ex-girlfriends. They always ask me if they will be the subject of a joke, and I always tell them they won't. Unless they do something crazy. They all tend to, so you know where that goes. There are no closed doors. The 'art' will suffer.
Adam DeVine
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
Ira Sachs
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You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.
Warwick Davis
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
Larry Holmes
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
Ted Dekker
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I've been fortunate, I guess: I've gotten to play a lot of very diverse roles for quite a long time. But in the beginning, I was thinking, 'I'm not gonna do certain characters. I will be willing to say no and live on a couch.' And I was really happy.
Forest Whitaker
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Every cell has certain knowledge. I think knowledge is contained within the genetics, even. I think scientists will find that. I don't think there's a gay gene, though. They may argue that down, but I don't think that, because that's a preference.
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs
Achozen
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To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman
Ramones
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Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
Bill Walton
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The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great.
Lao Tzu
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Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well.
Epictetus