Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different aspects of my activity, whether it's writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a single cloth, and I don't make any separation in terms of those practices.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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When we moved to England in 1986, I was ten years old and I didn't know anything about punk or hip hop. The only words I knew in English were 'dance' and 'Michael Jackson.' We got put in a flat in Mitchum, and the council gave us second hand furniture, second hand clothes and a second hand radio that I took to bed with me every night.
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Ancient, woman-centered words and beliefs never, like, fall off the planet. Having long done taken on a life of their own, they - like womankind - evolve, and survive. Chameleon style.
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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
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Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page.
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For the liespotter who knows how to listen well, the random words, sounds, and phrases in a person's speech are never as random as they seem. They offer a clear sightline into the liar's psyche.
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Soon I'll find the right words, they'll be very simple.
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Give a kind word (with a kindly thought behind the word) - you will be kind and receive kind words.
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In the desert of my dreams I saw you there;And I'm walking towards the water steaming body cold and bare.But your words cut loose the fire and you left my soul to bleed.And the pain that's in your truth's deceiving me, has got me scared.Oh why?
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The idea of infinity cannot be expressed in words or even described, but it can be apprehended through art, which makes infinity tangible. The absolute is only attainable through faith and in the creative act.
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They should rule who are able to rule best.
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Three words for those who want to put the Christ back in Christmas: Jingle Bell Rock.
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Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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Flowers are an easy, eloquent expression of love at a time when words can seem clumsy and inadequate.
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A lot of what people are calling 'artificial intelligence' is really data analytics - in other words, business as usual. If the hype leaves you asking 'What is A.I., really?,' don't worry, you're not alone.
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I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates the feeling that the story gives off.
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New technology creates a new marketplace of words, creating totally new words and changing the meaning and application of existing ones. In doing so, it has a potent opportunity to create new misconceptions and confusion.
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A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.
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I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
