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?Marcus Aurelius
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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.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
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.
Rachel Bloom -
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.
Garrett Hedlund -
Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
Rachele Brooke Smith -
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
Adam Hamilton -
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
Olga Kurylenko
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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.
Dan Brown -
I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty -
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.
N. K. Jemisin -
Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
Dana Hussein -
There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
Omar Khayyam -
The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
Ed Sheeran
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I couldn't possibly have lived all the things that Ice-T on the records lived.
Ice T -
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.
J. G. Ballard -
People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
C. Wright Mills -
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
Cal Thomas -
Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
Laura Bush -
There is something very utopian about what I do. But utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.
P. T. Barnum -
I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
Abraham Lincoln -
The rain, the rain, the rain. You can't even hear it outside the window but still it's a sad thing. Rain, the grade school teachers say, makes the trees and flowers grow, but we're not trees and flower, and so many grade school teachers are single.
Daniel Handler -
More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
Dan Lipinski -
Acting is a plum gig, and then animation is an even more plum gig.
Aziz Ansari -
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?
Marcus Aurelius