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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God is limitless in His love, and asks that we at least make the effort to be limitless in ours.
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I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.
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I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the regulators.
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Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins.
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You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.
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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.
