Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.
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My worry about this exclusive focus on Trump - the personality and how all of this is so unprecedented - is that then the solution seems to be, 'Well, we'll just get rid of Trump.'
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Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
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I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material.
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
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When you're heartbroken, you're at your most creative - you have to channel all your energies into something else to not think about it. Contentment is a creativity killer, but don't worry - I'm very capable of making myself discontented.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day.
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The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
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Indies are always an extra challenge. The time is shorter because you have less money to spend and fewer days to shoot.
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Hiking is a great passion of mine, and I find myself picking up empty bottles.
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I hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where you're going to spend good money - and there are kids in there crying.
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It is disconcerting to sit with your parent and find you're turning over your future to your government, which can't manage their money.
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I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.
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You don't worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God … to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.
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I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything.
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Take the time to shop for yourself and cook. All of this is an investment in yourself, and if you're not going to invest time and money in what you put in your body, then what are you going to spend money on? It's kind of the most important thing.
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I never wanted to rely on my family for money.
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Fashion is very much emotional. When you see it, or when you wear the right clothing, or you wear whatever, it's supposed to make you feel something. You're supposed to feel some type of emotion, and I feel like I try to do that when I'm on a red carpet.
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I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.
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People sometimes think of 'queen' as a title that's shrouded with protocol and formality, and for that reason sometimes people are not easily saying what they want to say. They're reluctant to express their opinions, and I kind of find that frustrating because I want to know what people really, really think.
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I don't feel 'possessed' or 'invaded during sessions. I don't feel that some superspirit has 'taken over' my body. Instead I feel as if I am practicing some precise psychological art, one that is ancient and poorly understood in our culture; or as if I'm learning a psychological science that helps me map the contours of consciousness itself.
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It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.
