Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.
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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.
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What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?
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We taped all this and then got it transcribed and picked the best lines or ideas or ways to take a scene. I've done that many times, and it can improve the script but also wreck a perfectly good scene.
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My job is quite suitable for full-time mothering.
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Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead of right, a train is missed, a call comes too late--and the real test of our humanness is whether, in light of that knowledge, we are ever able to recover. When we again find our way despite the inability to manufacture a deeper meaning in our suffering, that I think is when God smiles upon us, proud of the strength of his creation.
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Humanity is a cancer on the body of the world
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What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
