Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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I just became less rebellious with clothes, and today, I can slip into appropriate attire according to what the occasion requires, but off the red carpet, I am not that particular about what I wear, and comfort is my main priority.
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It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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What counts is not so much the fact as what the public perceives to be the fact.
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You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issues that concern me first and foremost, as a man, as a father.
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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.