Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan.
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Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
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I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.
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Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
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If I had written King Lear, I would regret it all my life afterwards. Because that work is so big, that its defects show as huge, its monstrous defects, things even minimal in between some scenes and their possible perfection. It's not the sun with spots; it's a broken greek statue.
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I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues.
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Die before you Die. There is no chance after.
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Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.
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Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.
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In my thesis, I made an intellectual exercise out of creating a pair of buildings that were a repeat but slightly different - dissonant things make me uncomfortable.
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When I ski, I take both of my legs off and get into a sit ski: a ski with a custom seat that has been molded for me. I use my core and arms to propel myself on snow with help from ski poles.
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Ten days after my 'one-step' reconstruction, I was on the beach with my daughter.
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I think hitting is more a mentality than a philosophy. A philosophy is somebody telling you the way they think it should be. Well, different people believe in different things. My thing is this: Be ready to hit.
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Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.
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If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.
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I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history.
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
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Familiarity reduces the greatness of things.
