Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity.
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From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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What seems like comfort and security one day can all be taken away the very next.
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I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn't due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.
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Irish history having been forbidden in schools, has been, to a great extent, learned from Raftery's poems by the people of Mayo, where he was born, and of Galway, where he spent his later years.
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I did a song in eight minutes. I thought everybody could write songs that fast. But working with a lot of them, they don't.
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I have invested in four social networks. More than any other. But that's in Russia and Poland.
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Arab youth are taught to wonder, 'Since the Holocaust was a European affair, why are the Palestinians being forced to pay for the creation of Israel?'
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Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.
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I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a different vision of humanity and my life.
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I always recommend rewiring vintage lighting. It's not a bargain if your house burns down.
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The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.
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The way people love sci-fi is how I love cartoons.
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We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.
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The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.
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I believe that the Tibetans should have the right to control their own destinies and decide for themselves whether they want to be part of China or not. But this view isn't shared by most Chinese, or even the leaders of most Western democracies. As long as the Communist Party is in power, there is little hope for Tibet.
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Our Founding Fathers who created this republic did not believe in democracy. When did we come to worship this idol?
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I spent my first 10 years in the Commonwealth. I come from cricket, crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, the Queen.
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Every man seeks the truth, but God only knows who has found it.
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Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has been my unremitted aim to do the best circumstances would permit; yet, I may have been very often mistaken in my judgment of the means.
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I take what isn't mine and I covet other people's lives.
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The complex human eye harvests light. It perceives seven to ten million colors through a synaptic flash: one-tenth of a second from retina to brain. Homo sapiens gangs up to 70 percent of its sense receptors solely for vision, to anticipate danger and recognize reward, but also—more so—for beauty.
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Do everything as in the eye of another.
