Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

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Microcurrent devices are actually really good because they stimulate the muscles, but I'm not a big fan of injectables. You don't know what they'll do to your face in the long run.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.
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Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
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There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.'
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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
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I love being in my 40s.
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Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.
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That’s how it goes within a family. You think you know each other so well, and so you don’t bother hardly getting to know each other at all.
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I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
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The Council of Islamic Affairs is doing a great service to the world by promoting a greater understanding in America of the rich heritage of the Islamic peoples and their hopes and aspirations for the future.
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Hollywood is showing respect for all different types of art.
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We can't care for something we don't understand. This is the purpose of why we explore and why we voyage.
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The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.