The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #perspective

To eat off another man's plate. [To live on another's expense.] ~Juvenal
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
#quotes #john-milton #power

"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
#proverbs #latin-proverbs #learning #mistakes

Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
#quotes #william-shakespeare #evil

The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
#quotes #hans-kung #poverty

I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
#quotes #eddie-izzard #acting #comedy

Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
#quotes #christophe-beck #music

Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
#quotes #paulo-freire #education

There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
#quotes #ronald-steel #politics

Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
#quotes #theodor-reik #women #men #love

We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are. ~Lauryn Hill
#quotes #lauryn-hill #trying

If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
#proverbs #russian-proverbs #focus

First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
#quotes #francis-bacon #mind

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #faults

Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
#quotes #marcus-tullius-cicero #ethics

There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
#quotes #james-bovard #responsibility

There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
#quotes #irwin-redlener #nuclear #books

As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
#quotes #theodore-sturgeon #dream

In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
#quotes #ron-wyden #medicine #poverty

The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
#quotes #tom-hanks #50s #generation