Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
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Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers.
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Hell is when we look back during that fraction of a second and know that we wasted an opportunity to dignify the miracle of life. Paradise is being able to say at that moment: 'I made some mistakes, but I wasn’t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do.'
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Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were not.
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I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.
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In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
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Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the real monsters have to have a spark of something you can relate to.
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Life is most delightful on the downward slope.
