Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.
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I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even younger watched that show. A generation grew up on that show, Luke and Laura, I came in on the cusp of that so there's still a lot of 'Frisco.'
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Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.
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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal.
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The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.
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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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I love design.
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When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school textbooks in the hope of enlisting impressionable youths in their cause.
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
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Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest of the Japanese in their folk culture is transcendental.
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A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.
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The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see.
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The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
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I love Felicity Jones. It was funny because I went to go see the 'Rogue One' set, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And she's so tiny, and elegant, and she's just so small. Everyone's so much smaller than they seem.
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I'm satisfied to go in at the bottom - that's the best way to learn what things are all about.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
