"The body of an actor can be..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.
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“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.”
“No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.”
“To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.”
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“This noble body, equipped with everything necessary, almost to the point of bursting, also appeared to carry freedom around with it.”
“The body must be properly taken care of. The people who torture their flesh are demoniacal.”
“It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and seen what manner of man he was made to be, in the full perfection of bodily strength and beauty. But these glories are withheld from him who is guilty of self-neglect, for they are not wont to blaze forth unbidden.”
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“If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.”
“I have to be real cool and not savage and radical, because it makes me angry when I think about it when I see the white boys, who are really the number one citizens, the future rulers.”
“Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.”