Epicurus Quotes
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Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.
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I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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I never judge my own songwriting. It's just my heart. What's there to judge about your own heart?
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.
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My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.
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Straight up. You can't mess with Jay when it's time to come play.
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I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.
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Cycling was the sport of our family - we did it all the time, five days a week.
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Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion that they are disposable.
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We should not give $500 million to a corrupt organization that is selling unborn children's body parts.
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You know, I did records by myself and I always will say the Isley Brothers, and featuring Ronald. I won't, you know, just, I won't try to deviate from the Isley Brothers, because that's what the family dream was all about.
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Even if you live forty or fifty years in this world, and then die, you cannot take all your goods with you.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.
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Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth.
