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Epictetus Quotes

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: greek
Birth: 50 - 138

Topics

Habit Angry Evil Present You Only

Does the entry of Indian H-1B worker augur a change in the relations of production in the world of cybertechnology? No, but the presence of such workers - their skills and their histories - introduce contradictions into the system that are not always easily absorbed or dissolved.

Change World Skills Always Workers

My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas morning to find Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in my stocking. I had never been so excited by the sight of a book - and have possibly never been since!

Sophie Kinsella

Morning Book Chocolate Early Find

Why would you codify a set of safeguards you might want to change as technology evolves and you face new risks of privacy, in addition to changing safeguards that might need to be relaxed in an emergency situation?

Change Technology Risks Face You

I wasn't the kid with the lemonade stand.

Stand Kid Lemonade

There seems to be a feeling we need Klaus to be in 'The Vampire Diaries,' surely and partially because of the Klaus and Caroline dynamic, but many people love the character. They want to see more of the character, but people really have a tendency to fear the unknown.

Love Fear Character People Feeling

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

Douglas Coupland

Birthday Time Free You Too Much

I can imagine people in Third World countries looking at, you know, someone like Hillary Clinton raising $35 million for her presidential campaign that goes to really, you know, nonproductive means, and they see that, and they just - it's just really immoral, I believe.

People World Looking Believe Someone

An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.

Power Limits Political India Stop

Publishing is a business. It's about squeezing every last dollar out of every available source, and the most vulnerable source is the author. No clearer proof of that exists than the 'standard' book contract.

Business Book Dollar Out Contract

I think that always, as an actor, I don't want to overstep or pretend that I'm doing anything more than I'm doing.

Timothy Olyphant

Think Doing Want Actor More Always

All my life's about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn't cost very much money.

Life Money People Me Think Trying

It's disrespectful to tell the French in the morning that you're going to reduce the debt, in the evening that you're not going to make any savings, and the next morning, after thinking about it, that you're going to spend more.

Nicolas Sarkozy

Morning Thinking Evening You Debt

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