Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.Seneca the Younger
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PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction.
Hans Bender -
A president can't go to every memorial service.
Nancy Gibbs -
If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
Mahershala Ali -
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
Man Ray -
What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.
Jack Keane -
I can be a bit extreme. I'll spend too much time running round the park, doing yoga and drinking green tea. I can get a bit obsessive. I have to rein it in sometimes.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
Garry Trudeau -
As an artist or musician, you want to be remembered for the music you make.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
As we got older, we grew comfortable in roles that met our parents' expectations. Nora was the smart one. Delia, the comedian. I was the pretty, obedient one. And Amy was the adventurous mischief-maker.
Hallie Ephron -
One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
Napoleon Hill -
Any conversations we hear about 'So who are Pearl Jam marketing to?' are despicable.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.
J. Milton Hayes
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I like a man who's going to tell me 'No!' sometimes.
Jackee Harry -
You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.
Rafael dos Anjos -
As Americans, we have the right to decide who lives within our borders, and we can't let unscrupulous employers to undercut honest business owners by exploiting cheap labor.
Hank Johnson -
Lo que me digo, ¿quién lo dice?
Antonio Porchia -
Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.
Maya Angelou -
The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.
R. C. Sproul
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People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.
Barack Obama -
If I succeed in putting some warmth and love into the work, then it will find friends. Carrying on working is the
Vincent Van Gogh -
It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
Venus Williams -
God and nature create nothing that does not fulfill a purpose.
Aristotle -
The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it. Too often it acts like a Gestapo preying upon defenseless citizens.
Edward V. Long -
Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.
Seneca the Younger