Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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When I read, I take notes and underline things. So reading is a vigorous process for me, but I read in bed. My poor husband is trying to go to sleep, and I'm reaching over him to get the Post-it notes.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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I became, suddenly, not just a Muslim in faith. I became a Muslim in politics. Somebody whose politics were pre-defined by one interpretation of Islam.
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Sometimes if you have a coach or team-mates for too long, you get caught in certain routines. I think it's good to shake up things a little bit.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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If I see Marian Keyes' books or Patricia Scanlan's books given more prominence than mine in the bookstore, I'll move mine to the front. I've told them I do this, and they've confessed to doing the same thing to me.
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Atlanta embraced us. We have so much respect for them, and they have respect for us.
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They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.
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We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre. This is an artist's purpose - to break away from the recycled. Performance art can do that.
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The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.
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I think family movies have gotten so rich in this country.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material.
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Religion all the world over offeres God as the solace and comfort for all in agony.
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Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts.
