Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
Gail Devers -
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
Sammi Hanratty -
I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
Pamela Stephenson -
Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.
Wallace Stevens -
It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
W. H. Auden -
There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
Calvin Klein
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I've been sent lots of lovely gifts - everything from candy and peanut butter to hand-made quilts, pictures, and clothing. I was once sent a crate of avocados. Fortunately, I love them.
Sam Heughan -
When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
Sam Rayburn -
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.
Daniel Ellsberg -
It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.
Kate Mulgrew -
I don't like when I look too cluttered.
Felicity Jones -
For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.
E. O. Wilson
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The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.
Walter Alston -
At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed. It works. It gets to be a habit.
Barbara Kingsolver -
The sea with an end can be Greek or Roman: the endless sea is Portuguese.
Fernando Pessoa -
I wasn't brought up with any religion, actually.
Meg White The White Stripes -
What of the tale of Balaam's ass speaking to him, probably in Hebrew? Is it true, or is it a fable? Many asses have spoken, and doubtless some in Hebrew, but they have not been that breed of asses. Is salvation to depend on a belief in a monstrosity like this?
Clarence Darrow -
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.
Marcus Aurelius
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All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.
Jared Diamond -
I just want to serve food that people want to eat, and show a way forward for the restaurant industry, for all industries. One day, everything I've done will be worthwhile.
Arthur Potts Dawson -
Words are never trite when they’re spoken with sincerity.
Anita Stansfield -
I think that the corporation is running it and will always make it appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.
Joe Strummer The Clash -
What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones.
Seneca the Younger