Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.
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I always feel I had a very lucky life. For example, I sure didn't want to go in the army: when I was drafted in the Korean War, I wanted to go as a photographer. But luckily, they put me in the infantry - luckily because the official photographer was photographing the medal awarding and all the official situations.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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I don't know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you're not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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I was about 10 when I got into nuclear science. That was when that spark hit me. It took a few years of research, but when I was 14, I produced my first nuclear-fusion reaction.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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My favorite game shows were 'Password' and '$25,000 Pyramid.'
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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I used to love fine dining, but I lost my appetite for it to a degree because sometimes it is too much about the effort and too little about the result.
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I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic.
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I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.
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In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
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Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.
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All those things they say about a baby changing your perspective - it does!
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The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
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Uninfluenced by others, he never knew he influenced them; he had no idea they liked him.
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There were clouds like sharks with open jaws in the sky that morning.
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I haven't sufficient interest in objects or anything I can see around me to do what Oldenburg does.
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By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
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I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I want to work and battle it and conquer it and make it express whatever attitude I have at that moment. I want it to be a struggle.
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I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
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If you respect your body enough to put modest clothes on, then more people will respect you as a person.
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Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.
