Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
Ingrid Newkirk
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
Victor Cruz
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
Edmund White
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One can not impede scientific progress.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.
Natasha Lyonne
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California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.
Frances Beinecke
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
Ferdinand Marcos
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I think the one that's going to be the hardest to make into a film is the one that's probably going to be made into a film, which is 'The Art of Racing in the Rain.' I mean, it's narrated by a dog. How do you do that? But hopefully we'll get to see.
Garth Stein
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I'd never rule anything out, to be honest with you, whether it be the small of volunteer status for a community organization or national politics, who knows?
Vance McAllister
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I didn't come from the elites. I didn't come from the Northeast or from San Francisco. I came from a southern Ohio steel town, and it's a town that's really struggling in a lot of ways, ways that are indicative of the broader struggles of America's working class.
J. D. Vance
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I think I might become a pescatarian. I love sushi, couldn't give it up.
Victoria Pendleton
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Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.
Patricia Schroeder
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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.
Yoko Ono
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I remember, when I was a kid, my summers were pretty much running around, riding your bike, and then complaining about you were bored.
Wanda Sykes
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I'm very persistent; I know the Internet very well, because I grew up on the Internet. I had Internet when there was just dial-up, and the Internet was my social outlet.
Felicia Day
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I don't exercise.
Jackee Harry
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Fishing ... is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.
P. J. O'Rourke
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There is a physical relation between physical things. But it is different with commodities.
Karl Marx
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I have to put people in the right spot so that if they execute, we win.
Mark V. Hurd
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'You guys have a death list?' Ronan broke in. 'That is fucking dark. Am I on it?''Some days, I wish,' Blue said.
Maggie Stiefvater
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She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one - the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul. She was that unity sought for by philosophers through many centuries. In this outdoor waiting room of winds and stars she had been sitting for a hundred years, at peace in the contemplation of herself.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require the use of force.
Scilla Elworthy
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I found myself in a maze where I'd taken the wrong turn. In my wish to do well for that congregation I wasn't doing particularly well for myself or my friends or my family, and I even found that the work for God was taking me away from God.
Barbara Brown Taylor
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
Seneca the Younger