Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
Quotes to Explore
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.
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Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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Every villain needs her story told.
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The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
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There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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I feel like a lot of serious music lives in generalizations - 'Love is a flower,' 'The sky is so dark' - but comedy lives in specifics.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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I don't keep secrets from my parents, really; it's pretty open.
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Except for a handful of banks that just keep a handful of their loans in portfolio, on their balance sheet, every other loan that's originated in the United States - whether from a bank, mortgage company, mortgage broker - is sold into the secondary market.
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But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
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But I'm a big believer that government does not have a monopoly on good ideas.
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With 'That Awkward Moment', you could argue I'm just playing the girlfriend of Zac Efron, but the director was such a creative force and let me make her my own. I loved being part of something that felt so relevant and fresh.
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My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical.
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Fate is written in the face.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
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Hey, my masters, lords and brothers, ye that till the fields of rhyme, Are ye deaf ye will not hearken to the clamor of your time?
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I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before.
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While I was an honorable man in her eyes, she did not love me. But the minute she understood what I was, when she breathed the true and foul odor of my soul, love was born in her – for she does love me! Well, well! There is nothing real, then, except evil.
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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
