Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once changed will never exist again in the infinite duration of time. But thou, in what a brief space of time is thy existence? And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way?
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.
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Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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I couldn't possibly have lived all the things that Ice-T on the records lived.
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My father worked, and my mother played bridge. Every time I went out of the house, I was chauffeur-driven with my nanny next to me to stop me being kidnapped.
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People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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You must get engaged with people who are far less privileged than you. I think you must devote your time if not your resources... Because it is very, very important from the point of view of the development of our country.
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I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
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As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of the good Lord.
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The best thing of all is God is with us.
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Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once changed will never exist again in the infinite duration of time. But thou, in what a brief space of time is thy existence? And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way?
