Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.
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I was raised Catholic, but the devil was never with a pitchfork.
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I am not very proud of being an human being; in fact, I distinctly dislike the species in many ways. I can readily conceive of beings vastly superior in every respect.
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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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I'm like, 'Why aren't artists owning their masters? Why are labels robbing artists dry, and they have to spend all this time on tour to even break even?' Like, what happened? Why are they promoting things that aren't either socially conscious or elevating the human consciousness?
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
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Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where the only religion that really counts is box office.
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I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
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Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.
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We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things....We ought rather to take on immortality as much as possible, and do all that we can to live in accordance with the highest element within us; for even if its bulk is small, in its power and value it far exceeds everything.
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I'm a pianist - I studied jazz piano in college.
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Being uneducated is no guarantee against being obnoxious.
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I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.
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The U.K. is one of the few places in the world that has final salary pensions.
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To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.
