Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
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And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
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Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
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Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most influential.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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My daily beauty regimen consists of washing my face before bed and putting on moisturizer.
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L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.
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There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
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The idea of the European community is never face a war again.
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They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.
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It's actually very important to put a little foundation up into your hairline, or else it looks like your face is not yours - like someone just Photoshopped it on!
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Everybody in my band is a lion, and everyone's mastered their own domain... And we have a platform, and we have built it painstakingly and punched ourselves in the face every way we could to get where we are.
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Legitimate institutions historically have been defenseless in the face of outright fraud.
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
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You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.
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I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed.
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Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt.
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When one thinks profusely and cleverly, not only his face but his body too takes on a clever appearance.
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Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another.
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Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a society like Afghanistan or Iraq is suspicious of outsiders and often resistant to change. I am not going to get drawn into the ethics of intervening in other countries. My concern is the practical question. Can you actually achieve change in this way? My guess is we can stop wars sometimes as in the Balkans and topple regimes - but that the other stuff - such as corruption is not within our power to effect and alter.
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I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.
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I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
