Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Some there are that torment themselves afresh with the memory of what is past; others, again, afflict themselves with the apprehension of evils to come; and very ridiculously both - for the one does not now concern us, and the other not yet ... One should count each day as a separate life.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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Ted Cruz ,when he was running for president, was a huge 'Princess Bride' fan. He would quote the lines and, you know, trying to win families and everything.
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I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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I'm an outsider.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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I would listen to how they told the story, to what elements they used, to how it sounded, and that's who I patterned myself after, the people who were on CBS News.
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My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times, I traveled every day to the Auckland Grammar School.
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We worked solidly for a long time together. George Marriott Edgar and myself.
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There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.
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I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.
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The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.
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The cup of life is not so shallow That we have drained the best That all the wine at once we swallow And lees make all the rest.
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I believe that all nations - strong and weak alike - must adhere to standards that govern the use of force. I - like any head of state - reserve the right to act unilaterally if necessary to defend my nation. Nevertheless, I am convinced that adhering to standards, international standards, strengthens those who do, and isolates and weakens those who don't.
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I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.
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Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business.
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In working to end violence against women and children, we need to ensure that men are centrally involved. Men need to organise themselves in a sustained campaign against gender-based violence.
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I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future.
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We are past the stage in our relations that you come to Washington with an empty goody bag and then you go back with a bag filled with stuff.
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Some there are that torment themselves afresh with the memory of what is past; others, again, afflict themselves with the apprehension of evils to come; and very ridiculously both - for the one does not now concern us, and the other not yet ... One should count each day as a separate life.
