Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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I'm not a materialistic person.
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I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is... get on the beam and stay there on top of it!
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.
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I love food: biscuits and gravy, cheese grits, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken-fried steak with white gravy... but my favorite dish is my wife's beanie weenie cornbread casserole. It's so good. It sounds stupid, but if you eat it, it's heaven. Of course, it's only something you can eat if you've got a lot of money.
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Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.
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Everything you can imagine is real.
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It's hard to write haiku. I write long, silly Indian poems.
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Compassion is loving others enough to say or do what is appropriate from an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome.
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With art and the work you do, it has to be constantly dictated by what you're feeling and where you want to go with it.
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In the future, women will increasingly want men who can nurture them and connect with them.
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My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship?
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I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows.
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I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore.
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I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner.
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Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.
