Marcus Aurelius Quotes
How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.
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The medication I had to take was a form of chemotherapy. You feel like death every day. No appetite. No energy. But the treatment worked. It cured my liver 80 per cent but compromised my kidneys.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the first moment you looked into those lovely blue eyes: impeachment insurance.
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One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that.
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Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things.
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Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that comes with that nod. Also, a compliment that comes with it, too. Not that I really know what I'm doing. In a lot of ways I feel like some child on set, or like a kid that snuck in the back door.
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I have known Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla for a long time. He is a good man. He is a decent man.
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Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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I'm doing exactly what I always wanted to do, and I still like what I can do musically.
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The interesting thing about staring down a gun barrel is how small the hole is where the bullet comes out, yet what a big difference it would make in your social schedule.
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People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.
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There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop doing those things.
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I don't think any other city in the world... the sun doesn't shine the same way anywhere as it does in New York. And then I guess everyone's very good at hanging out. Not in a crazy way, but you're just constantly interacting and learning.
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Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.
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I'm really proud to be Filipino. Filipinos are really supportive, and I want to thank all of them. I love them!
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The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.
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There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience.
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My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.
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People might be surprised because I settled for an arranged marriage, but that's what's chosen for us.
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I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.
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A noble space, unlike any other of our time, for it is both strong and delicate. It seems to call at once for a Boeing 747 and for a string quartet.
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How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.
