Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Nihil tam acerbum est in quo non æquus animus solatium inveniat. There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind can not find some solace for it.
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Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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The more you consume, the more insecure you are. It's the nature of the world.
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Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level. If you didn't do the hard work, you wouldn't be standing there. On the other hand, people do a lot of hard work and don't get Oscars, so it's a mixture of glory and injustice at the same time.
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You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.
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The cause of war is preparation for war.
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Our Soviet writer must be guided in his world only by the need of the people, useful for the society.
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For a while, he was far better than the team around him, and he could give me fits..
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Party is the madness of many, for the gain of a few.
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There must be no more pictures covered in brown sauce c. 1880, when Munch started to paint series of landscapes in fresh colors
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The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.
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Every day we're given opportunities, some of us see them and some are too busy to notice.
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I would love to be on 'Top Gear' as a star in a reasonably priced car.
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Making my family laugh when I was little - it became an addiction. It was a kind of survival.
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When I’m alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall, and in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call.
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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Nihil tam acerbum est in quo non æquus animus solatium inveniat. There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind can not find some solace for it.
