Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
Quotes to Explore
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
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I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.
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Men think a woman should not have an opinion.
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Music is like my security blanket.
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Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
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If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race.
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For a while I was suicidal and I tried to kill myself. I think I should have died about four times.
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So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops.
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I think a woman feels ugly when she's got the wrong man at her side.
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Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.
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Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.
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In recent years, we have seen technology advance at lightning speed, allowing us to accomplish lifesaving feats never imagined before. It is our responsibility to ensure that these advances are used for positive medical breakthroughs, and not allowed to restrict rights or limit access to health insurance or job opportunities.
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Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.
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Every major technological innovation propels humanity forward to the point of no return.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
