Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We've learned certain skills, we've learned to prevail somewhat, but we've not made it over the mountain.
Olympia Dukakis
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Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
Nathan Myhrvold
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When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.
Barbara Mandrell
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I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.
Gabriela Sabatini
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I was the kid at six who was like, 'I want to be in a jazz club.' I was never the pop kid, ever. I mean that's not true, I had a couple years where I wanted to be Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, but aside from that, no.
Rachael MacFarlane
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Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.
Walter Annenberg
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I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Music means itself.
Eduard Hanslick
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
Larry Bird
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'Down we go,' said Paddy. 'Now pray to Saint Anthony if you be a good Catholic-''I'm not,' snapped Fay, 'and if you'll give more mind to the boat and less to religion we’ll gain by it.'
Jack Vance
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Ultimately, I conclude that however we understand existence, what gives meaning to our lives are those things that serve our neurochemically based emotional self-interest in a sustainable way.
Nayef Al-Rodhan
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Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,Stealing my breath of life, I will confessI love this cultured hell that tests my youth!
Claude McKay
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'I don’t trust you.''Of course you don’t. I know I wouldn’t. And I’m not asking you to. I’m not putting you in a situation in which your trust of me is even remotely relevant. I’m just pointing a gun to your head and giving you orders.'
Alastair Reynolds
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My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.
Anand Giridharadas
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I think everybody knows that on November 7th more people voted for Al Gore than George Bush, a fact that has been documented time and time again.
Corrine Brown
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We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.
Dennis Weaver
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The name 'Seventh-day Adventist' carries the true features of our faith in front and will convict the inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord's quiver, it will wound the transgressors of God's law, and will lead to repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ellen G. White
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What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?
Donald Pleasence
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We have a lot of people with a Western education who work in Russia and understand the international rules of business and corporate governance.
Pyotr Aven
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Every crisis offers you extra desired power.
William Moulton Marston
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I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.
Donna Karan
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
Ramez Naam
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The wastefulness of indiscriminate plunder impoverishes a country, while it adds nothing to the support of the army; policy, as well as humanity to the inhabitants, dictates that all levies should be made according to established rules, and under the charge of discreet and competent officers.
Ambrose Burnside
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What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
Seneca the Younger