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
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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 hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.
John Rowland
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We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up new laboratories in space. They are as much beyond our vision today as fire or electricity would be beyond the imagination of a fish.
Arthur C. Clarke
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I don't like watching people work if they're making art.
David Duchovny
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Fundamentally, all art is about human beings. You're always showing larger moral questions through the smaller moral, philosophical, or political choices through one character in the book.
Philipp Meyer
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What I like to wear, I do myself. I don't know how that sounds, but it's the truth. My life is so mixed with my profession that I don't know where I begin or my work ends.
Ann Demeulemeester
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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
