Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
He that by harshness of nature rules his family with an iron hand is as truly a tyrant as he who misgoverns a nation.
Quotes to Explore
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I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.
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Funny is an attitude.
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There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion.
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I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.
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The idea of 'Badlands' was creating a space with sound, which is a really difficult thing to do.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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Religious people today are courts and juries. When it comes down to it, Jesus died on the cross so that we could learn to love others like we love ourselves, not judge them or persecute them.
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Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.
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I don't concern myself too much about calories and fat.
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I don't even think my children are aware of what I've done. When somebody will ask me for my autograph, Spenser-Margaret will say, 'You must watch 'Charlie's Angels.' You know, that's like all I've done to them.
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I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
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My father loved antique shops and shows, and quite a bit of my childhood involved outings to dim, dusty places packed with cast-off treasures.
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We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.
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We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.
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Our globalized, automated economy is full of magic - Everyday Low Prices and next-day delivery on that single Gatorade you one-clicked. But it is also full of loss - of jobs, of the dignity of steady work, of chances to rise.
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She felt so human that he could barely carry on a conversation.
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You better check your playlist. Because you are on the wrong track.
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I like to be in control of my body. Also, I love getting into character and exploring a different aspect of who I am.
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Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.
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The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure — and so often, people are unsure — is that breaking up involves persuasion. You have to persuade your ex that it is better this way for everyone. And this is difficult if you have not entirely persuaded yourself. It is especially tricky to do this if you are also naked, and making two cups of coffee.
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I am firmly convinced that in the world of today all nations will be forced to the conclusion that cooperation for law, justice, and peace is the only alternative to a constant race in armaments-including atomic armaments-and to other disruptive practices that will bring the nations participating in them on either side to a common ruin, the equivalent of universal suicide.
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He that by harshness of nature rules his family with an iron hand is as truly a tyrant as he who misgoverns a nation.
