Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.
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I love badminton. That's my sport!
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?
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Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
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People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.
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I want to be a vampire. They're the coolest monsters.
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Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless they are transformed by the indwelling Son of God.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
