Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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There's no way to understand housing as it exists today without federal policy.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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When I was in my teenage years, I went to sign up as a cadet entrant to the police force but was at the very last moment rejected, just as I was about to sign my name on the dotted line. I won't get into why that happened, but it was a moment where it could've been predetermined then that I was off to become a policeman.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad but a lousy husband because I work far too much and am not at home as much as I would like.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.
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I'm not promoting anything totally unhealthy because I'm not unhealthy. But I am promoting an ideal that's not attainable, and for that I have to feel guilty. I have to assume some blame for that.
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I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang in plays and musicals.
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The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them.
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To create a work of art is to create the world.
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These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War.
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The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. It was man's ability to invent which has made human society what it is.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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'That’s another thing about emperors-and regents,' Gareth said. 'They aren’t very fond of changes, even if the changes are for the better.'
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'Maybe Christmas...', he thought, '...Doesn't come from a store.' 'Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!'
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The indifference of children towards meat is one proof that the taste for meat is unnatural; their preference is for vegetable foods...Beware of changing this natural taste and making children flesh-eaters, if not for their health's sake, for the sake of their character; for how can one explain away the fact that great meat-eaters are usually fiercer and more cruel than other men; this has been recognised at all times and in all places.
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Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
