Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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What I have found most surprising is the amount of damage we have done to environment in the course of my lifetime - not even five and a half decades.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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There are so many women who contributed in a very real way in pushing for the space program during the time in which there was a lot of competition to get into space first, and to know that there were African-American women who were integral in that success is pretty phenomenal.
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The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
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I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.
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You can be accessible without catering to an audience.
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The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.
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I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.
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I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.
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I think the novel is at one end of the art-entertainment continuum - the play in the middle - while TV and cinema veer a bit more towards entertainment.
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History has not looked kindly on us when we've prevented people fleeing violence from seeking refuge in this country.
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Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?
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T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice.
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I co-wrote and produced 'Sticky Fingers' with Catlin Adams, who directed it. I learned a lot writing and producing with Cat. I spent as much time as I could in the cutting room with her. All the producing experience that I had helped.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
