Epictetus Quotes
Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.
Epictetus
Quotes to Explore
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
Imelda May
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
Kara Walker
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People fight today for the same fundamental reasons the Greek historian Thucydides identified nearly 2,500 years ago: fear, honor, and interest.
H. R. McMaster
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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
Carine Roitfeld
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
Paddy Ashdown
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
Mal Peet
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Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
H. G. Bissinger
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
Wangari Maathai
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I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.
Yasmine Al Masri
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I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
Kapil Sibal
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Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than that as a writer.
Joanne Rowling
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I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.
Natalie Cole
