Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.
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The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.
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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
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Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun.
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I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.
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Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
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The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is the soul. That is who you are in essence.
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Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.
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When I was on Broadway, people would really just recognize me around the theater. When you're showing up on commercials and posters, the scope of people recognizing you gets a little wider.
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I think very visually, and I just never thought I had a novel in me.
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I've always dabbled on guitar, but never took lessons.
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There were shots of Kong pulling at my clothes, but only in horizontal and never from above. Never from above.
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Grief causes suffering and disease.
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The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
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When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
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An Olympic gold medal is something that almost seems like a fantasy. Yes, of course I want it, since I was a little kid, before I even knew what the World Cup tour was.
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What have we to do but stand with empty hands and palms turned upwards in an age which advances progressively backwards?
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Now it happened that Kanga had felt rather motherly that morning, and Wanting to Count Things — like Roo's vests, and how many pieces of soap there were left, and the two clean spots in Tigger's feeder.
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There must be free and open interdepartmental discussion and consideration of everyone's ideas and opinions. These internal discussions must not be considered an invasion of turf, and must remain private... When everyone is on the same page, trust develops, and teams can grow and succeed together.
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When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall. If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house.
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I don't give a damn about Hollywood.
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Thrillers are an enormous amount of fun for filmmakers.
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A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
