Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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It's jarring to go from one amazing experience to another that feels ordinary. I don't quite know how to explain it. You see the uniqueness of what you've been doing, and disassociating yourself from it and going back to the 'normal' life is tough.
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Though social eugenics was discredited long ago, we still often think of the genome in quasi-eugenic terms. When we read about the latest discovery of a link between a gene and a disease, we imagine that we've learned the cause of the disease, and we may even think we'll get a cure by fixing the gene.
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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
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I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.
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I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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I was taking a break from university so I could play handball full-time for a year.
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Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.
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I once told Tommy Smothers, 'If I could just get the money and the women straightened out, the rest of my life would be easy.'
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I know I'm known for dramas, but around my family and friends, I'm really goofy! Not saying I'm necessarily funny, but I'm very goofy.
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Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all!
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Wealth is the hidden side of speed and speed the hidden side of wealth.
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I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
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If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher.
