“Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at an entertainment, don't talk how persons ought to eat, but eat as you ought. For remember that in this manner Socrates also universally avoided all ostentation.” PersonsRememberDealsOughtPhilosopherEntertainmentAvoidedTheoremsOstentation Book:The Handbook of Epictetus Source: The Handbook of Epictetus
“The truth is -- we are always highly motivated when something means a great deal to us. If I fell into a deep lake and I didn't know how to swim, I would become highly motivated in an instant. Climbing from the lake would mean more to me than anything else in the world. My effort would be no less than astounding and I would suddenly become one of the most excited and enthusiastic persons imaginable.” IfsKnowsWorldMeanPersonsWould BeDealsEffortKnow HowTruth IsExcitedInstantLakesSwimMotivatedClimbingEnthusiastic Author:Steve Goodier
“Many times drugs and alcohol - there's a technical term that they're called, emotional suppressants - are the only things that can help a person survive and get through and be able to deal with their pain.” PersonsHelpingAblePainTermDealsEmotionalDrugAlcoholDrugs And Alcohol Author:Axl Rose
“I have had extreme ups and downs. The biggest thing I learned after I broke my wrist is to never give up. Nothing in life will ever come easy. It depends on how you deal with those obstacles and how you overcome those obstacles. If you can overcome them, you're a stronger person. If you make mistakes along the way, as long as you never make that same mistake again, you're a successful person.” IfsWayGivingPersonsLongEasyDealsMistakeSuccessfulDependsGiving UpOvercomingStrongerObstaclesExtremesBrokeMaking MistakesNever Giving UpUps & DownsWristsSame MistakesSuccessful PersonStronger Person Author:Michael Phelps
“Money is a great isolator. In fact, we don't even need to have money or make money, we only need to be perceived as having money to be isolated in the strangest ways from most of the community around us. It reaches the point where a person with money spends a great deal of time reacting to people who are reacting to the money.” PeopleWayNeedsPersonsFactsCommunityDealsMaking MoneyIsolatedReacting Author:Richard Bach
“The person they're working with, is going to be the person they'll know more. So if that person leaves, they're going to go - well, should have I left too? What did they get and how does that compare to my deal.” IfsKnowsShouldWellsPersonsDoeLeftDealsShould HaveManagementCompare Author:Ben Horowitz
“When I am around someone who is a joy stealer, I say to myself, I only have to deal with you for an hour. That person has to deal with thinking that way every moment of their lives.” ThinkingWayPersonsMomentsJoyHoursDealsStealers Author:Bonnie St. John
“Being able to work as part of a team is essential. You learn to give as well as receive support. I have learnt to be focused and I have carried this with me elsewhere in my life. I am also a safer driver and I am a stronger person mentally as I am constantly under pressure and have to deal with things.” GivingWellsPersonsAbleDealsSupportTeamEssentialsStrongerPressureFocusedDriversElsewhereUnder PressureStronger Person Author:Liz Halliday
“I like my privacy. I love being a part of [films], but when I'm not doing stuff, I like to go away. I enjoy being a person, a great deal.” PersonsFilmStuffEnjoyLove IsDealsPrivacyGoing AwayStuff I Like Author:Mike Myers
“No offense to the other people that we work with, but we spend 14-hour days with each other. You're dying for some sort of new rhythm to play with and another person to have fun with. It's like, "Oh, I can't wait to hang out with Zoe Lister Jones today and not deal with that Jake Johnson."” PeoplePersonsI CanPlayTodayFunWaitingHoursDealsDyingRhythmHaving FunHanging OutOffenseJohnsonJake Author:Max Greenfield
“As a person who has spent my career as a child psychologist and have dealt with many children who have struggled with many problems in families, I have seen families ripped apart by so many things that sometimes law has tried to deal with.” ChildrenPersonsSometimesProblemLawDealsCareersPsychologistRipped Author:Timothy Murphy
“One can write out of love or hate. Hate tells one a great deal about a person. Love makes one become the person. Love, contrary to legend, is not half as blind, at least for writing purposes, as hate. Love can see the evil and not cease to be love. Hate cannot see the good and remain hate. The writer, writing out of hatred, will, thus, paint a far more partial picture than if he had written out of love.” IfsWritingPersonsPurposeHateEvilDealsHalfWrittenHatredBlindPaintContraryCeaseLegendsLove HateLove Or HatePersons Love Book:To see the dream Source: To see the dream
“My dad kept me away from people who treat children wrong. It's just amazing that there is such a way to raise a person without giving them complexes. But nobody does it. They think it should be the old school. But look at the products. Wouldn't it be great if you could avoid the complexes? Then you could deal with the complexes of life.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingShouldLooksChildrenPersonsDoeSchoolDealsProductsDadTreatsRaisesComplexesMy DadOld School Author:Juliette Lewis
“As a comedian I don't think they look at me as a sexual person but I can see where with actors it would be a little difficult for them because its part of their mystique, it gives them an easier time to change characters and people aren't going oh we have a gay actor, their gay so I don't know if I'm gunna buy this guy with this girl, its weird, I don't think it's fair; it's only done with us, it seems, like they just accept everyone as straight and go along with it and then its oh their gay and make a big deal out of it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingLooksLittlesPersonsI CanDoneCharacterBigsSeemsWould BeGuyGirlActorsDifficultDealsAcceptingEasierGayFairsComedianLook At MeThis GuyBig DealThis GirlMystiqueEasier Times Author:Wanda Sykes
“I want to fall on the floor laughing - imagining Hillary Clinton working well in the Senate with everybody else! Oh, give me a break. I've already joked in print that they would need to build her a private cloakroom on the Mall. This is not a woman who has any ability to deal with the mass of humanity. She is the most arrogant, the most moralistic, the most sermonizing and annoying person on earth.” WantNeedsGivingWellsPersonsEarthHumanityFallAbilityDealsBreakLaughingMassGive MeClintonPrintAnnoyingSenateArrogantMallsMost Arrogant Author:Camille Paglia
“Early on, I settled on the first-person strategy as a way to deal with exposition and world-description issues. As long as the book is, it could have been far longer had I gone with an omniscient third-person narrator, or multiple point-of-view characters, since either of those would have enabled me to impart much more detailed information about the history and geography of the world.” WorldWayFirstsPersonsLongHas BeensBookCharacterViewsDealsGoneIssuesInformationThirdsStrategyPoint Of ViewDescriptionMultipleCould Have BeenGeographyFirst PersonImpartNarratorsOmniscientThird Person Author:Neal Stephenson