Epictetus Quotes
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
Quotes to Explore
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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It's so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
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Did you really think I would sell you out?
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to think seriously about our institutionalized animal use.
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.
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There are very few great poets in the world.
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Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
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Get thee a good husband, and use him as he uses thee.
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'Phantom Menace' was a huge project. It was the biggest visual effects production ever done at that point, and it was a little scary how big it was and how many unknown technologies had to be developed to do that work.
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I think I gravitate towards people who express themselves in a simple and funny way.
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Listen with an open heart.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
