Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Why dost thou not pray... to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of not desiring any of the things which thou desirest, or not being pained at anything, rather than pray that any of these things should not happen or happen?
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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My first album was completed in three months.
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Many of us will be obsessed with one or another kind of secret or revelation, be it gossip about friends or ourselves, a fantasy about spies, or a worry about the most personal information now stored in data banks. But few of us think about secrets in general, or about the moral rights and wrongs of hiding or exposing them.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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A good leader must be fair.
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Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
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It is high time that the Arab world's professed desire for peace is matched by responsible action, and not more of the same equivocation.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
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Why did they force us to close the banks? To instil fear in people.And spreading fear is called terrorism.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I've never been good at saying no.
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I mean, I know thousands of people died and everything, but if it happened today, there's just no excuse. They'd be much safer inside a movie theater watching one of my movies instead of burning alive in a collapsing skyscraper.
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Why dost thou not pray... to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of not desiring any of the things which thou desirest, or not being pained at anything, rather than pray that any of these things should not happen or happen?
