Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not, those who are greedy, whether they be rich or poor. That's a common thread through humanity on any street you go to.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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I've met every freak in the business.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on 'Oprah,' 'Fox News,' 'The Early Show,' and 'Good Morning America.' 'Oprah' was the best - an hour long segment. TV is so short, you answer a few questions, and then it's over. It feels like a hit-and-run with a camera.
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I've done tons of Debbie Allen musicals. I was a dancer in 'Glee,' and I was a Laker girl for three months.
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There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.
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I've just always liked watching people dance. I can't explain it. It used to just make me laugh.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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Communication always changes society, and society was always organized around communication channels. Two hundred years ago it was mostly rivers. It was sea-lanes and mountain passes. The Internet is another form of communication and commerce. And society organizes around the channels.
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I like Liz Phair, but there were these stupid women reviewers who said she's surpassing the Stones. Dream on.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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I've done movies for certain reasons; I did 'Anaconda' because the black man lives. Simple. The black man isn't dead in the first three pages, like Jurassic Park. It's like, 'The black man kills the snake with a Latino girl? Damn! I got to do this.'
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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.
