Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world.
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My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That's just my thing.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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You want good ratings, you want people to like the show, you want to be appreciated for the hard work you put in. You don't always get it. Every show is not beloved.
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The trouble with 'sacrifices as symbolic acts' is that the immediate impact on those for whom the sacrifice is made quickly fades, while the impact on those who actually make the sacrifice can go on and on.
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Two days a week, I go to my office at The Grotto, a writer's collective in San Francisco. I get there at 8:15 and write until around 1 or 2 P.M.
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Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success.
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Describe character using dialogue. Describe character using what the characters see or do or think, but not what they had done or where they had been.
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Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good.
