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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In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
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The object of poetic activity is essentially language: whatever his beliefs and convictions, the poet is more concerned with words than with what these words designate.
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We should revoke passports from any Americans or dual citizens who are fighting with ISIS.
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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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The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
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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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Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral.
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Actions are more precious than words
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It was at this point - the necessity of striking down monopoly - that came the parting of their ways. Here the road forked. They found that they must turn either to the right or to the left, - follow either the path of Authority or the path of Liberty. Marx went one way; Warren and Proudhon the other. Thus were born State Socialism and Anarchism.
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A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
