Marcus Aurelius Quotes
It is crazy to want what is impossible. And impossible for the wicked not to do so. (Hays translation)
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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For me, seeing the target and not seeing the target doesn't make any difference.
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Parenting is an impossible job at any age.
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Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations.
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My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that can be used to enhance the infinitely more complex demands of a novel.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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I think there are plenty of Libertarians that are socially conservative.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.
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My whole life is a theater piece.
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My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
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Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is a really easy confidence to them that draws people to them and makes their passage though the world a little easier.
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The educator shall help the young to educate themselves in opposition to the age.
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If I was to buy a suit, I'd probably go to Men's Wearhouse - because you're going to like the way you look; they guarantee it.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice.
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The really simple approach to photography is a great balance to making the films.
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It is crazy to want what is impossible. And impossible for the wicked not to do so. (Hays translation)
