Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.
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If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.
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I think, like any artist, those baby songs are not the best things you've ever written, but they count because they're you're first attempts at creating art and expressing yourself.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.
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The distinction, between what is done by labour, and what is done by nature, is not always observed.
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I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.
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Indeed you can usually tell when the concepts of democracy and citizenship are weakening. There is an increase in the role of charity and in the worship of volunteerism. These represent the élite citizen's imitation of noblesse oblige; that is, of pretending to be aristocrats or oligarchs, as opposed to being citizens.
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If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
