Epictetus Quotes
Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth.
Quotes to Explore
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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I don't like controversy.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
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You never know how long a player has left, especially with strikers. Once you turn 30, as a striker, you are usually on the way down, and playing from the age of 16, at such a high level, has to take its toll.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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Guys who are charismatic and fun-loving and sweet and generous are the ones I want to date.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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It's hard to tell what an entire series is going to be based on the first few episodes, or even on the first season. And it's sad because you see great casts and good ideas that don't get that opportunity to grow and show what it could turn into.
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Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.
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There's not a lot of people expressing anger in the culture. They're expressing a lot of hyper-exaggerated sexuality.
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One day I hope to open my own day-care center. My passion for kids is through the roof.
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It's a fantastic mirror to us to engage with art, to engage with paintings that are about tragedy, to go see Shakespearean comedies, to read a Greek play... We have always investigated the lightness and darkness of the human soul, in all these forms. So why not do it on television?
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I’ve played on literally every brand of US drums out there, and I’ve finally found my home. I’ve been looking for drums like these my whole life. True American hot rod custom kits. From the look and sound to the service and attention, it’s good to now be a part of the SJC family.
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Because I hold an Israeli passport, I have a share in all the wrongs that are done to the Palestinians. . . . I want to be able to say that I did all I could to prevent the bloodshed.
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Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth.
