Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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My father is a Marine. My brother is a Marine. I almost became a Marine. I'm no stranger to fight training. I used to do jujitsu and boxing as a kid. I was a running back in football for my high school and my college. I played ice hockey as well as did theater. So, there's always been a physical nature to me.
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I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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It's not just what Christian fiction lacks I appreciate - it's what it offers. The variety is vast: contemporary, historical, suspense, mysteries, adventure, young adult, romance, fantasy, science fiction.
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No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.
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In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.
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Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know that I am not necessarily shy to a fork!
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I've been lucky enough to be too busy for TV because if I'm not, I'll get stuck in front of it.
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I think Bill Finn's one of the geniuses of theatre, and James Lapine's one of the diamonds of my generation. The two together are a joy!
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They say I'm insane because I need to have so much creative control. They say I'm unmanageable, but I'm not. I just know what I like. I'm obsessed with it. If you can't control it, that's like having somebody else paint your pictures. How could you do that? I never could.
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Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.
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Westerns are very difficult to predict whether they'll reach an audience or not.
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Time rolls his ceaseless course.
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And almost every one when age,Disease, or sorrows strike him,Inclines to think there is a God,Or something very like Him.
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All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
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We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation.
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It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours... better in many ways! I have the faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it.
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What I've learned over the years is it's so much better to surround yourself with real talent and hire real chefs. I learned more from the chefs I have working for me than you could ever imagine. There's nothing wrong with being able to create opportunities for people, and you don't have to do everything, take credit for everything, and have all the weight be on your shoulders.
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A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
