Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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• When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.

  

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• David James Elliott and I keep in touch via phone.

  

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• To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years.

  

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• I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.

  

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• He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

  

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• I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself.

  

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• The fact is, funnily enough, that the people who seem to be most committed to causes also seem to be least invested in anyone actually talking to each other.

  

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• I love being outside, I do a lot of hunting.

  

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• I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.

  

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• I've done a pretty good job of hitting 18-34-year-old males, and not such a good job of reaching kids. Disney has done a great job of reaching kids, but maybe not the 18-34-year-olds. I figure I can learn a lot from Disney, and maybe, I don't know, they can learn a lot from me.

  

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• I've accepted that we've all got crap to deal with and problems that we're fighting not to be defined by. At the end of the day, we all want the same stuff: fulfillment, love, support, comfort, and a hot-air balloon with laser guns attached to it. The most important thing is that we appreciate the crazy ride we're on.

  

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• To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

  

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• When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

  

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• Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives are a lot smaller. Kids deserve the richness and dimension of it in their lives.

  

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• To end the pervasive culture of sexual harassment, it can no longer be the norm that men look the other way. It only ends when men actively participate in ending it.

  

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• Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.

  

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• Shirley Jackson's writings are a must for aficionados of the gothic and of good literature.

  

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• All, all for immortality,Love like the light silently wrapping all.

  

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• When I was eight, I went to the theatre, and I remember looking at the stage afterward and pointing and saying, 'I want to do that.' I don't think that's ever changed.

  

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• At least have the decency in you / To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out / In the streets when I'm eating or feeding my daughter

  

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• When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.

  

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• If you make a huge pot of soup, you can freeze part of it and eat off it for days. I love making green bean soup, and I'll throw in some cashews, almonds or tofu, and voila, I've got a soup that's loaded with protein and vegetables.

  

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• A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

  

  Lucius Annaeus Seneca