Marcus Aurelius Quotes
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. (Hays translation)
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My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, writer. You know, we're just grinding and trying to make my mother proud as well as God.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache of nuclear materials.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
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Psychologists have set about describing the true nature of women with a certainty and a sense of their own infallibility rarely found in the secular world.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
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Liquid helium belongs to a class of fluids known as quantum fluids, as distinct from classical fluids.
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I truly love coming to work every day.
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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.
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I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is.
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Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. (Hays translation)
