Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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I don't know what love means.
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It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
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Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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Sometimes I panic to the point where I don't know what I'm thinking or doing. I have a full anxiety attack. I have them all the time anyway, but with auditioning, it's bad.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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I know nothing about technology.
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From caring comes courage.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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I think it's always very important to be comfortable and just kind of expressive; if you take fashion too seriously, then you lose the fun of it. I think you should always take the risk.
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I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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I used to look at horror movies as being really real and it would totally freak me out and give me nightmares. Now I watch and think, 'whoa how'd they do that?
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I have three incredible nieces and a nephew who's going off to college. To hear them say they're proud of me left me in tears.
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There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.
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There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.
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In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there's no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it's books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it's yours.
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Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.
