Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.
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If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young.
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I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.
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& he ill, he real, he might gotta deal He pop bottles & he got the right kinda bill
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The human mind has claimed for water one of its highest values-the value of purity.
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Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work!
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In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.
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In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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To achieve a more balanced international system over time, countries with excessive and unsustainable trade surpluses will need to allow their exchange rates to better reflect market fundamentals.
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Man is many things, but he is not rational.
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We can embrace change by knowing we serve an unchanging God.
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Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you.
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Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.
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At the fourth flight Lila did something unexpected. She stopped to wait for me, and when I reached her she gave me her hand. This gesture changed everything between us forever.
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I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.
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Tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world because whatever the person does, if it works you just say that's what's good, and if it doesn't work, you guys go, 'He should have done the other things.'.It just doesn't take much thought. If I'm grinding and I'm winning, you guys are like, 'He's reinvented himself.' If I'm playing like crap and pushing, then, you know, 'He's horrible and he needs to hit the ball.'
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I'd love to build a company that will continue to make movies well beyond me someday. And I'd like to help start something great, even investing in it myself.