Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.

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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I love the idea of giving up the vengeful nature that so many of us have.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew I could become the best in the world if I trained. But with acting, there are different variations; there's not a right or wrong way. It's so hard because it's so out of your hands. I have no idea what's going to happen!
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We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
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Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass.
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I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.
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Being a pop-leaning, female artist, you'd think that I'd have my record company breathing down my neck and trying to control everything I'm doing. Actually, they've just kind of let me take the wheel.
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A big part of engaging kids in science is not getting the single, correct answer; it's being willing to work with students to discover the correct answer.
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The corporations are shoving just the worst music down everybody's throats, and I think the result of that is that nobody has any taste. They have no bar as to what is good.
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I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.
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I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time.
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When I was a bad writer, I would consciously imitate other NPR writers who I thought were wonderful. I suppose that everyone's artistic practice is different. But I collaborate and sometimes don't agree at all with my collaborators' opinions. It forces you to understand why you don't agree with something: what's the fight you're picking.
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The God of the infinite is the God of the infinitesimal.
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Actors are very generous.
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During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village.
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We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus.
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There's an idea called "gray man", in the security business, that I find interesting. They teach people to dress unobtrusively. Chinos instead of combat pants, and if you really need the extra pockets, a better design conceals them. They assume, actually, that the bad guys will shoot all the guys wearing combat pants first, just to be sure.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.