Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate from the order of things now: accordingly to have contemplated human life for forty years is the same as to have contemplated it for ten thousand years.
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I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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I like to discover new things.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.
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I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules - I loved it. I was in charge. I couldn't believe I didn't have to answer to anyone.
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Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.
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Yes, you should be healthy and take care of yourself, but growing up, I've seen people who have horrible issues with food.
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Plus l'effort est grand, plus la gloire en est grande.
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Hence it is that the shape of something is especially meaningful.
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Fay: Your explanation had the ring of truth about it.. Naturally I disbelieved every word.
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Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate from the order of things now: accordingly to have contemplated human life for forty years is the same as to have contemplated it for ten thousand years.
