Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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I was born in Iran, which has a predominantly Muslim population, and I have relatives who are devout Muslims, so I know what it means to be judged based on your appearance and what you're wearing. But your ethnicity and your clothing do not define who you are.
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The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.
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From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
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I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit before you speak and represent who you really are instead of the brash emotional you.
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Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.
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There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
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I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.
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If you try to breastfeed and it's not working, then you don't feel particularly good about yourself.
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The way I feel is I have to keep going out there and proving people. I don't want to be just a guy who has a couple of good years and then that's it.
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Life is not fair. And you have to choose your battles, because there are some that you cannot win. If you're passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.
