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Joseph Epstein Quotes: Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third.
         

Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third.


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Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.



What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.

What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.



Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.



In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.



The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.



I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.



I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market ticker-tape machine, except that you can't unplug me.

I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market ticker-tape machine, except that you can't unplug me.



A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.



I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks



That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.

That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.





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There’s a big difference between the head and the heart. Fear lives in the head. Love lives in the heart. The head thinks it knows it all but the heart is always right.



Don't die with your music still in you, play your music unencumbered. Should your guitar remain unstrung?

Don't die with your music still in you, play your music unencumbered. Should your guitar remain unstrung?



Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together

Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together



If you look up into His face and say, "Yes, Lord, whatever it costs," at that moment He'll flood your Life with His presence and power.

If you look up into His face and say, "Yes, Lord, whatever it costs," at that moment He'll flood your Life with His presence and power.



Last words are for those fools who believe they have not yet said enough.

Last words are for those fools who believe they have not yet said enough.



Relationships are such that if one person changes, the relationship changes.

Relationships are such that if one person changes, the relationship changes.



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..leaders should be looked upon as being 'in front', 'sharing' rather than 'showing' the way... it is the followers who save leaders and therefore make them.



I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.

I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.



I want to represent the idea that you really can make what you want I believe I can create whatever I want to create.

I want to represent the idea that you really can make what you want I believe I can create whatever I want to create.




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