Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm really obsessed with the past.
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The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
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To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
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A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
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As an Egyptian, I was always frustrated, just like many young Egyptians, of the situation in the country. And to a large extent, we didn't know what could we do. And looking at Khaled's photo after his death; basically I just felt that we are all Khaled Said.
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Watching TV produces low levels of satisfaction because it doesn't challenge you. Instead, do something that raises your self-esteem. Tap into your 'signature strengths' - things you're good at or passionate about.
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Your spirit is your spirit, whether you're religious or whatever.
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Making people laugh is what I really enjoy.
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I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.
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In spite of all the dishonour, the broken standards, the broken lives, The broken faith in one place or another, There was something left that was more than the tales Of old men on winter evenings.
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Memo to himself: the one way to make people panic was to warn them not to.
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I would love to tell you that I don't worry about losing the weight after the baby is born, but I do try to think before I eat. The first cookie? Definitely! But I try to think about if I really want to do the extra sit-ups before I eat the second one.
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Harvard prides itself on its diversity - economic, racial, social, geographical - but it remains intellectually segregated. It's not what conservative commentators seem to imagine - a bastion of liberal professors force-feeding radical opinions to a naive student body.
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On various shows, I've been the producing-director, the executive producer-director; and if you were working with the material you love with the right group of people, it's an incredible job to be doing.
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How do you defend inaction in the face of crisis? How is that defensible for anybody?
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Cheese steaks are the gastronomic icons of this ethnic city.
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When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.
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I'm a grown-up now, and I value the training I had.
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What terrible tragedies realism inflicts on people.'
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I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.
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If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft.
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I definitely would say, by sixth grade, I was a professional shoplifter - and not because I wanted to. I'm not going out to shoplift earrings or clothes or shoes like the average teenager. I was shoplifting frozen dinners at a grocery store.
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I don't think I'd ever reject anyone.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
