Rene Descartes Quotes
My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to change my desires rather than the order of the world, and generally to accustom myself to believing that there is nothing entirely in our power except our thoughts, so that after we have done our best regarding things external to us, everything in which we do not succeed is for us absolutely impossible.Rene Descartes
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I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.
B. B. King -
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
Lance Armstrong -
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
Sammi Hanratty -
I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
Yogi Berra -
I would love the opportunity to create my own program. I feel like a TV show with a format of monologue with lots of sketches thrown in could be really fun. But you know, that may never happen. Minimally, I just want to keep making stand-up.
Hari Kondabolu -
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
Jack Kornfield
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
Carine Roitfeld -
Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.
Adam Levine Maroon 5 -
For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
J. Michael Straczynski -
I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.
Dan Shechtman -
And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.
Uma Thurman -
I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
Warwick Davis
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Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.
Jack Nicholson -
My only requirement for life is that I don't get stuck in a rut.
Malin Akerman -
I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is underrated. And I think he's amazing to work with, so I was super lucky.
Nat Wolff -
I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
Iggy Pop -
Meetings are usually terrible, but they shouldn't be.
Patrick Lencioni -
Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply says, 'Cry here and laugh here.' You have to be able to make sense of it all.
Kali Hawk
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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
Barack Obama -
Money power cannot be separated from democratic power without miscarriage and ensuing frustration - political and economic. Democracy implies the sovereignty of man; and, since man cannot be sovereign without the money power, there can not be democracy under the political money system.
Edwin Clarence Riegel -
Managing directors at top-tier investment banks may pocket a million a year and be worth tens of millions after a long career. Early employees at tech firms like Uber, Airbnb, and Snapchat can make many times that amount of money in a matter of years.
Emily Chang -
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli -
My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to change my desires rather than the order of the world, and generally to accustom myself to believing that there is nothing entirely in our power except our thoughts, so that after we have done our best regarding things external to us, everything in which we do not succeed is for us absolutely impossible.
Rene Descartes