Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!
Quotes to Explore
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I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.
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Large organizations don't worship shareholders or customers, they worship the past. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't take a crisis to set a company on a new path.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'
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What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.
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What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.
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All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'
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Women are made to be loved, not understood.
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Every time I get the chance, I just talk to myself basically in English just to practice my pronunciation.
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The summer day was spoiled with fitful storm; At night the wind died and the soft rain dropped; With lulling murmur, and the air was warm, And all the tumult and the trouble stopped.
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You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.
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A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.…We know that the world is not all sleight of hand and deception because we are in it, we are part of it. Actually we are the white rabbit being pulled out of the hat. The only difference beween us and the white rabbit is that the rabbit does not realize it is taking part in a magic trick.
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A body is never so vicious as when it has only itself to blame for its trouble.
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On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!
