Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures.
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Out with stereotypes, feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the west's stunning sexual personae, the vehicles of art's assault against nature. The moment there is imagination, there is myth.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
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Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?
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I like buying iTunes. It's instant.
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Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
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It should be if you're a good singer and a good songwriter, you should have your spot. You get everybody trying to release the prettiest guy, but that doesn't mean they're the best artist. Most of the time the true artists are just normal old dudes.
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I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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A lot of our fiscal deficit went to fund consumption and really did not get used to build investment and infrastructure. The trouble is, you can get a spurt in GDP growth, which may not be sustainable. I would much rather build the gradient of a long-term marathon.
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As a franchise, we don't have any different expectations than anyone else.
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Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!
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I don't argue with people... if they say I'm not funny, they're right, for them.
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The power of association is stronger than the power of beauty; therefore, the power of association is the power of beauty.
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No pretense stop wasting my time. A virtuous woman is really hard to find.
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So don't be average. Don't be good. Don't be great. Be phenomenal. Or be forgotten.
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We have nothing to do but to receive, resting absolutely upon the merit, power, and love of our Redeemer.
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While we teach, we learn.
