Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Yes, you can-if you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions override what your mind tells you, stop being hypocritical, self-centered, irritable. (Hays translation)
Quotes to Explore
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There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.
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I've always wanted to be in journalism. I even started a course at Loughborough doing media studies. I like all sports, and I am keen on writing. But I thought that while I was still young, I ought to make a real go of it at badminton. So I have put all my focus on playing sport instead of writing about it.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
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When I was in high school, I started getting into Japanese wrestling. For me to watch those matches, I had to order VHS tapes through catalogues, and these tapes were, like, $20 each.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I have a great office.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.
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I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.
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I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.
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I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.
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People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.
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Yes, you can-if you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions override what your mind tells you, stop being hypocritical, self-centered, irritable. (Hays translation)
