Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.

Joel Embiid

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I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.

John Lennon

LifeChangeLivePeopleMy LifeYou

You can be as devoted and loving a spouse or a caregiver or child, but you also have to remember that you have to program time for yourself in there, because it will renew you.

Jeanne Phillips

TimeYourselfChildRememberYou

What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.

Ronnie Dunn

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I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen.

Louis Begley

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I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.

Judy Greer

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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

Jean de la Bruyere

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A vest, as a clothing item, always makes a statement, but depending on context, those declarations vary a great deal.

Josh Gondelman

GreatAlwaysClothingContextDeal

To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

Chris Lilley

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Sleep is the real beauty secret, but I don't get enough of that.

Chelsea Leyland

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I would love to take a crack at 'Long Day's Journey Into Night.'

Courtney B. Vance

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We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.

Connie Nielsen

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