Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
Quotes to Explore
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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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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
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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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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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It's not easy to be my sons because we're very high profile. We try so hard to give them a normal life. I'm very, very tight with them about money. I don't give that money until they ask, 'I need 100 yuan for my lunch card,' and so on. So they never have extra money.
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I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.
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I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.
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The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.
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I don't mean to be funny.
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A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.
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Appreciate your heart; really know how to take care of your heart.
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As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.
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Speaker Pelosi says unemployment benefits are economic stimulus. Those are bare-bones benefits.
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I'm preparing to be a mother one day and I really wanted to get inside the mind of a mom.
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Here's the thing, trust changes everything. Once you know what an artist can do, and you know their commitment level, it opens up the playbook hugely. I have worked with artists I really love, but they may have some small aspect that they hate drawing, or that they don't excel at, and that effectively takes that option off the table.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
