Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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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.
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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.
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When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
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I don’t get angry, I don’t want to use harsh words. They are our colleagues and we have to work with them. But they also have to learn to work with us.
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Music means itself.
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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.'
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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.
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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!
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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.'
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My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.
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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.
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I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.
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That's the way to go. People say: 'Oh, he doesn't want to come back, he's scared,' and it's to play with your brain, to play with your mind. I'm not scared of nobody. I'm not scared of no human being. I'm scared to fight, every time I fight I'm scared, but I'll bite into my mouthpiece and I'll walk the walk.
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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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A stone is frozen music.
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An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
