Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.

Seneca the Younger

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• Race differences show up early in life.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • Life
  • Up
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• GIS is waking up the world to the power of geography, this science of integration, and has the framework for creating a better future.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Up
  • World
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• Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
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• I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Girl
  • Tough
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• Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Reality
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• One thing about Los Angeles is it feels like it's not new. It feels like it's already been built, and it's deteriorating, except for the places they're trying to make nicer. But in general, you drive all through the city, and the city feels like it was new a long time ago.

  

  Albert Brooks
  • Time
  • Long
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• My background in music is classical - I did graduate school in music. At that time, I was studying composition, but I was studying classical guitar very seriously.

  

  Bryce Dessner The National
  • Time
  • Music
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• I like to put something on and want to listen to it again once I get done listening to it, not feel like I need an ear break.

  

  Chris Stapleton
  • Done
  • Listening

• When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.

  

  Bernie Mac
  • Up
  • Night
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• With a growing population, there is a growing need for more water delivery and storage.

  

  Joe Baca
  • Growing
  • Water

• I fell in love with Mexico. I fell in love with the people.

  

  Matthew Heineman
  • People

• I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.

  

  Jane Byrne
  • People
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• I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC.

  

  Joe Scarborough
  • Football

• I like a lot of the stuff that they did without me, the time I wasn't around.

  

  Dave Lombardo Slayer
  • Time

• I think it is a huge honor to get to go play for the troops who have been working their tails off for several years, some with several tours under their belt.

  

  Joe Nichols
  • Honor

• Via social media, I reached out, asking about relationships, dreams, hopes, fears, the whole gambit, and the stories that really resonated with me, I wrote songs about.

  

  Ne-Yo

• I like to make things. It's been part of my identity since I was a kid.

  

  Bre Pettis
  • Identity

• I've managed to keep my clothes on for everything I've done so far.

  

  Kelly Hu
  • Done

• The thing that I was brought up to prize above everything else is the intellect. There is no problem that the intellect cannot solve, but it never had an original thought. Originality is the realm of the unconscious.

  

  Alan Garner
  • Up

• Mom and Dad are truly my heroes. And I have to say, so is my little brother Robert. He's 11, and he's just the most amazing boy. He's so much like Dad sometimes, it's a bit scary.

  

  Bindi Irwin
  • Dad
  • Amazing
  • Mom

• The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • People
  • Different
  • Character

• I had gone to school to work on technique and found it wasn't something that was really worthwhile to me, although it probably was.

  

  Morgan Freeman
  • Work
  • School
  • Technique

• Gratitude to God makes even a temporal blessing a taste of heaven.

  

  William Romaine
  • God
  • Gratitude
  • Blessing

• It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.

  

  Seneca the Younger