Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
A. C. Benson -
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi -
I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
Pat Robertson -
I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted.
Ian Mckellen -
If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
Sam Worthington -
For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
Randa Abdel-Fattah
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The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans!
Damian Lewis -
I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
Candy Crowley -
I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
Laura Benanti -
I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
Cameron van der Burgh -
Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
Manuel Puig -
We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can.
Dan Pallotta
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They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.
Pablo Picasso -
Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.
Patricia Ireland -
I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
Ferran Adria -
One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've experienced, without actually writing about yourself. I've given many of my experiences and perceptions to many of the characters in the book, but none of them is me.
Kate Grenville -
I just go where my heart tells me, where my gut tells me to go, where I'm enjoying my life the most, where I feel like I can have the most success. I've truly enjoyed my experience in NASCAR, to the point that I want to do it full time.
Danica Patrick -
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
Livy
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The Protestant theologian replaced the church’s feudal cosmology with a worldview centered on the personal relationship of each believer with Christ. The democratization of worship fit well with the new communication/energy matrix that was empowering the new burgher class.
Jeremy Rifkin -
Usually I like to work out in the morning before I eat. After the workout, I like to eat a banana and definitely some oatmeal for a little bit extra boost.
Kacy Catanzaro -
Think of prototypes as a funny markup language-the interpretation is left up to the rendering engine.
Larry Wall -
I get along so much better with fundamentalist Christians than I do with wishy-washy liberals, who want everyone to get along.
Penn Jillette -
The subjects have to come with questions for me. I don't make films where I'm a massive fan.
Asif Kapadia -
As the world leads we follow.
Seneca the Younger