Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
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I love India so much. It's sort of the most chaotic but also disciplined place at the same time. Every time I go there, I feel like I'm ready to rock and roll.
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The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which gave additional ground for offence to the Brahmins to carry their new-found love and reverence to the cow to its logical conclusion.
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I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
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Israel now has a reputation around the world of being not just a place to develop products and technology but to develop ideas.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
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Most of the people at my headline shows are in their 20s, but it varies a ton: like, I've had a six-year-old hug my leg after the show and a 60-year-old shake my hand. It's cool to see people connecting with the music across different generations.
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I don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set.
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It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.
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I got involved in music because I love everything about it, but now I'm in it you see the other side and it isn't much fun. Not as glamorous and enjoyable as you imagine.
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I grew up in Louisiana. We have red beans and rice, and there's a Popeye's on every corner.
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You may stifle your creativity by learning too much about processes that should be spontaneous and automatic.
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I'm a carnivore. I really like to eat meat. I crave iron, so I am definitely not the kind of person who you will find eating a salad.
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I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do.
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People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
