Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.
Yoshihiko Noda
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
Zubin Mehta
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I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.
Fiona Dourif
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Walt Whitman
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Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.
Hampton Sides
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I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.
Waris Dirie
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I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!'
Sampha
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I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.
Bear Grylls
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
Malcolm X
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I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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There is something not entirely satisfying about an online memorial.
Adam Cohen
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
Pamela Anderson
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
Vera Farmiga
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Pride the first peer and president of hell.
Daniel Defoe
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
Sam Worthington
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
Laura Esquivel
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I'm a huge Wonder Woman fan - I have about 12 coffee mugs at home!
Kari Wahlgren
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Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content.
Salman Rushdie
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You know, we have our own audience, and it's not like - they just know we're not going to do certain things.
Kim Gordon
Sonic Youth
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And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside me. And i fall back into it.
Patrick Ness
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We believe in peace in the settlement of all disputes through peaceful means, in the abolition of war, and, more particularly, nuclear war.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
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I know George Burns was a very happy man.
Marlo Thomas
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I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.
Ishmael Beah
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
