Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult
Quotes to Explore
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Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
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Life is a school of probability.
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Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
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The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
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To be sure, ASPM isn't the gene responsible for building big brains - there's no such single gene. But it's critical to the process, and the primate line has almost certainly benefited from distinct changes in ASPM.
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We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
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I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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In South Africa, I feel I am a stranger, at best an animal.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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I keep everything that's private private.
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I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black.
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Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives. Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters. Purpose: the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. These are the building blocks of an entirely new operating system for our businesses.
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Endure what is difficult to endure and to suffer what is difficult to suffer.
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Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to strike a balance between my personal life and my career.
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Combat is my profession and fighting was a great way to maintain a combat mindset while preparing to lead Marines in war.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult
