Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Seneca the Younger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Becker 
			 
			
				Steely Dan  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Zito 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's what happens nowadays with people working on computers. They can so easily fix things with their mouse and take out all the, 'Oh, somebody coughed in the background; we need to take that out' - or somebody hit a bad note. Those are all the best moments. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack White 
			 
			
				The White Stripes  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Kirn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randi Weingarten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of us, there's a lot of events that have to happen in order for things to end up the way they are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Isaac 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The 'Dog's Purpose' premise has gotten me so many emails and comments from people who say that their dog is so much like one they had when they were young or years before, that it seems like the truth. The idea that you would come across an old friend later in life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. Bruce Cameron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I certainly wasn't a fan of Thatcher's politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher came in the 1990s, and had no interest in politics. The Oasis, Britpop scene. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Kemp 
			 
			
				Spandau Ballet  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lara St. John 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Otis Williams 
			 
			
				The Temptations  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paloma Faith