Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.

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Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
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You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.
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And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.
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I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.
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Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
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In South Africa, I feel I am a stranger, at best an animal.
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I don't remember ever not singing. My mother loved music, and she taught me songs, country music, spirituals. I would sing for people and pass the hat when I was 4.
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The best thing to do when you're writing is to write about something you know instead of pretending. I mean, you can do that too, obviously, but when you write from your heart, it works so much better.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
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What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moments absolutely as it is given to pure reflection.
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There's always a special feeling I have while writing any song.
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Life certainly points it out to you - 'you can go this way or the other way.' You have to decide and it's a very strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that you're living in the best place, but you're letting the place where you should live alone?
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Yes, I was the child who would sneak into her closet and read 'Nancy Drew' for hours after the designated 'lights out' time of night.
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I'm kind of like a bit of everything wrapped into one.
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When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC; you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job.
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Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I think it does really, I'm just a little more out about it.
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It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.
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I certainly don't want to have too many pre-conceived notions before I show up because then you might be cutting yourself off from the real lessons of what is going on.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Comedy is not my world. It's difficult for me, but sometimes you just have to go with it and have a good time.
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Compare yourself to yourself and say, 'How can I be better? How can I be the real me?'
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.