Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Quotes to Explore
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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He was born in 1741, a descendant of the Rhode Island equivalent of royalty. The first Benedict Arnold had been one of the colony's founders, and subsequent generations had helped to establish the Arnolds as solid and respected citizens.
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I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
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Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story.
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Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
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I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.
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Language is fun; it's fun to try.
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If you're hungry, you know that you want to eat. You don't know what's on the menu - perhaps it's not your favorite dish - but you will eat.
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What is the Tao Te Ching? Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of existence.
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I'm a workaholic.
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That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.
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As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take the examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one be a penny the stupider.
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There's so much stuff flying around online, and it's so easy to get into arguments with people.
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And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.
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It was a family name on my mother's side, and I thought my own name Pratt, if I ever got known in the theatre might be unfortunate.
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The things we always disengage with are one-sided stories or one-sided characters. They're very boring. When you feel like you're being hit over the head, you disengage.
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The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
