Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.
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It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.
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You can't solve a dignity problem with military force.
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It had always been a dream of mine to come to New York to work. Coming to New York and looking for work is one thing, but coming to New York and already having a job and feeling like you are already part of the city has been an amazing experience for me.
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No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.
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When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources.
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When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe.
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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.
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I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.
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There's absolutely nothing that the God I believe in cannot do.
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No man is wise or safe, but he that is honest.
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You claim to be a player, but I fucked your wife.
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Sometimes we'll only get one script in a year that we want to make that we feel is good enough.
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You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling; but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven.
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Common is one of the nicest people I've ever met, and to describe him as a vile rapper because he has an opinion... just says a lot about the state of America. You are allowed to have an opinion in the United States - he's never harmed anybody, he just has an opinion about a president that wasn't good for our country.
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I started writing when I was 9. My mother told me it was before that, but that was the first I remember.
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Anthony Davis is cool.
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I've never been cool - and I don't care
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In journalism, especially, we tend to deal with large, complex systems by finding especially interesting people and story lines to focus on.
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As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself … All of which I've earned a living doing.
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Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.
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There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?
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Light cares speak, great ones are speechless.
