Epicurus Quotes
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
Quotes to Explore
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.
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I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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I've done tons of Debbie Allen musicals. I was a dancer in 'Glee,' and I was a Laker girl for three months.
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A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.
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I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.
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Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.
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It's hard to say whether the general incidence of school violence of all types is increasing or not.
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The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets.
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A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
