Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
Quotes to Explore
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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There are many guys out there who look like me - you know, brunettes with long hair. There are thousands. But I think the difference is that I am a real polo player, who does endorsements for Ralph Lauren on the side, and I've always looked at it that way.
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If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I've been around the bend in corporations.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.
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Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.
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If you work out 20 minutes a day in some way, you're going to see changes.
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If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.
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Dance music will always be around. People around the world love to dance.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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I'm obsessed with the moon and space travel, so if I could incorporate that, I'd love to go to space.
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I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.
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What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.
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We live in the public eye, so if one of us makes a mistake, it affects everyone, which makes me think about what I'm doing in life more.
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I know the books that I need to help me to be wiser than my years and be kinder and more compassionate and more patient than I really am.
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Our internal state determines our experience of our lives; our experiences do not determine our internal state.
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I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
