Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.
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I grew up watching Salman Khan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have always juggled fitness with acting. In real life, I'm a fitness freak. Besides, it is nice to look at an actor who is fit, and if you become a role model, that's a perk.
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The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
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I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house.
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I received so many hate letters when I breast-fed a starving baby in Africa. I was in Sierra Leone in 2009 and I was weaning my child at that time - she was not there with me. There was a hungry baby who was crying because his mother had no milk, and I thought, 'Why throw away my milk if I can give it to a baby who needs it?'
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The restaurant business had a profound effect on my future and that of my two brothers. When we were able to stand on a stool to reach the sink, we washed dishes, and later, when we could see over the counter, we waited tables and managed the cash register.
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That was the beauty of 'Twin Peaks.' The young people had just as deep of storylines as the older generation in town.
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If you leave your wife and you don't ever contact her again, that says something about how you felt about the marriage.
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The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.
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You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.
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Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you. Reflect that some day you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world - so make the acquaintanceship of God now.
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I'm always interested in contemporary fiction.
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Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
