Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position.

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• Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
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• I don't believe that we should limit waterboarding - or, quite frankly, any other alternative torture technique - if it means saving Americans' lives.

  

  Aaron Schock
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• A lot of times we see choices in front of us, and we limit ourselves by what we see. God wants us to see His way of doing things. And His way is always greater than our ways.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • God
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• And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous.

  

  Mac Thornberry
  • Me
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• I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

  

  Patricia Cornwell
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• You have to love what you do. And in order to do that, you have to search your soul to find out what it is that you really are about. And then when you find it, if you're lucky enough to be in a position to do what it is that you love, it becomes easy. I'm blessed that I ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do.

  

  Maceo Parker
  • Soul
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• If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • American
  • Career
  • Myself

• We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.

  

  Eddie Charles Jones
  • Good
  • Game
  • Position

• The fact that Iran asked for these discussions this morning - they are not negotiations - illustrated the fact that Iran is concerned about its international position.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Morning
  • Position
  • Iran

• Pushing herself up to a sitting position, she rubbed the side of her face and then blinked at what seemed to be a solid Avail of business suits. She looked up. ‘Mount Rushmore,’ she said. ‘Little far west of home for this time of year?’ The

  

  Pat Cadigan
  • Up
  • Time
  • Home

• An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he's in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.

  

  Al Pacino
  • Waiting
  • Actor
  • Natural

• Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • People
  • Leadership
  • Position

• Liberals in blue states working in blue enclaves within blue cities that are producing the media, don't even see that their positions fit on the spectrum as left of center.

  

  Andrew Breitbart
  • Blue
  • Media
  • Cities

• Is a position that, if held on to, will certainly wreck the peace process.

  

  Albert Reynolds
  • Peace
  • Position
  • Wreck

• There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Time
  • Character
  • Experience

• In addition to the wishes of the client, the position, orientation, and size of the plot also play an important role in determining the final plan of the house. The 'where' and 'how' of the exterior then follows naturally from all of that.

  

  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  • Important
  • House
  • Position

• Who knows why women aren't - obviously, rock 'n' roll, I keep saying this, but aggressive and in a way that is sexually aggressive, like the singer is the aggressor. And people don't want to see girls in that position. They would rather go after them.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • People
  • Women
  • Why

• I learned a lot of things that I didn't know about playing quarterback. Going to Metro, I learned how to move in the pocket and how to position the ball on pass plays.

  

  Kenny Johnson
  • Position
  • Quarterback
  • Metro

• At first it was simply liking, Nastenka, but now, now ! I am just in the same position as you were when you went to him with your bundle. In a worse position than you, Nastenka,because he cared for no one else as you do.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Position
  • Bundle
  • Nastenka

• Leadership is a choice, not a position

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Choices
  • Position

• I'm in California, and that usually leans Democratic, and that's usually where I lean anyway... I would lean Democrat; I would lean Obama.

  

  Axl Rose Guns N' Roses
  • California
  • Democratic
  • Obama

• Martina Navratilova is not a 'girl,' nor is Debi Thomas or Katarina Witt, and the women skaters weren't 'cute' in 1988. The problem with describing women as girls is that they never grow up and therefore can't take positions of authority in the world of sport. But the good news is that you can change language, so ultimately you can change the picture of women in sports.

  

  Anita DeFrantz
  • Women
  • Change
  • Picture

• Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star.

  

  Willis Reed
  • Star
  • Moon
  • Heading

• Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Position
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