Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.

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• Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.

  

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• I was about 10 when I got into nuclear science. That was when that spark hit me. It took a few years of research, but when I was 14, I produced my first nuclear-fusion reaction.

  

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• Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.

  

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• Machine translation of signs, text, and speech brings down language barriers and facilitates ever more cross-cultural meetings of like minds.

  

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• Cosmic energy enters the body through the medulla and then passes to the cerebrum, in which it is stored or concentrated.

  

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• There was a time in my life when I was drinking too much, and so I have stopped. It's an interesting concept. 'Just don't drink.' Hmm! I never thought of that!

  

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• The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Mind
  • Deplorable