Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
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I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
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Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on Earth is also often a carryover of astral experiences between a person's earth lives.
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I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
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I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?
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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.
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To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.
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I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.
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One golden rule is to accept the interpretation honestly put on the pledge by the party administering it.
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The feigning sleeper can delude others - he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
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Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on our road; and the most important milestone is the hero yet to come.
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No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
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My wife even thinks our next album should be recorded in our house, and we should move all the furniture out to the garage. I'm not sure how many spouses would be supportive of that, much less come up with the idea.
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My dad told remarkable stories about how kindness helped him through, and he lived his life afterward always trying to make people's lives better.
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I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile." If you approach life this way, always looking for ways to build instead of to tear down, you'll be amazed at how much happiness you can give to others and find for yourself
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In a partner I'm looking for an encyclopedia and a dictionary. A bit of the Boy Scouts Handbook. A person who is conscientious about the trail he leaves behind him. Love. Unconditional kindness. Basically, I'm looking for the qualities I revere in my friends.
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When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
