Marcus Aurelius Quotes
In the morning, when thou art sluggish at rousing thee, let this thought be present; 'I am rising to a man’s work.'
Marcus Aurelius
Quotes to Explore
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Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.
Sam Raimi
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
Jack Straw
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
Barbara Demick
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
Becki Newton
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You think about taking audiences on a journey.
Sam Mendes
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
Najib Mikati
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I'm a natural. That's why I make the big bucks.
Gabrielle Reece
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When I was young, I used to expect Parisians to wear little black berets, to bicycle about with strings of onions around their necks, and to brandish long sticks of bread, just like they used to do in school textbooks.
Craig Brown
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To destroy wonder and mystery, is to destroy the only elements that make existence tolerable.
Clark Ashton Smith
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I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on.
Magda Apanowicz
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They're claiming that the grunge bands finally put Seattle on the map, but, like, what map? ...I mean, we had Jimi Hendrix. Heck, what more do we want?
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana
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In the morning, when thou art sluggish at rousing thee, let this thought be present; 'I am rising to a man’s work.'
Marcus Aurelius