Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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I'm easily entertained.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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I've been very excited to have children for a long time. It definitely added an interesting twist to the night we screened 'Lyle' at Outfest, and I got up to do the Q&A, and I had this huge belly no one was expecting. It creeped everybody out in the best way.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.
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Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I had no real idea I was going to become a writer. It was just a game for me. I just liked pretending, daydreaming and imagining.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
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Life on a factory farm is well-nigh unbearable for the animals or birds, and it is often foul for the women and men who process the meat that results - especially in factories for chicken parts. But do not sentimentalize. Do not imagine barnyard life is a bowl of cherries.
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When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals.
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You don't know how to love God and your neighbor unless you look to the law to define it.
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I had to deal with being somewhat of an outcast because it's not socially acceptable to be a struggling musician. There have been times where I've felt sorry for the person I was dating. I felt she deserved better.
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I can barely recall a single holiday when my father didn't make a scene or create some kind of chaos. We were always walking on eggshells.
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I, like every other stupid American, assumed the kangaroos would meet us at the airport and they would want to hug us as much as we wanted to hug them. … In Sydney's zoo I did find out about the koalas and how eucalyptus makes them high and why they sleep all day. They're little druggies.
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Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.
