Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
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Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.
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It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.
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All ultimately intermarried to produce a race of many strains, which may account for the paradox that a people famed for stolid, patient, practical common-sense; a nation as Napoleon said, of "shopkeepers", has produced more adventurers, explorers and poets than probably any other in history.
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I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my parents say, 'We have adopted kids.' The minute my sister Linda and I landed in Sweden, we were their kids.
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Life has to take charge of its environment and evolve with it.
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Fear is excitement without the breath.
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
