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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: roman
Birth: 5 BC - 65 AD

Topics

Truth Want Telling The Truth Pray

I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services.

Great War Cold Sixties Cold War

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

Work Leader Someone Long Back Build

You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'

Funny God City World You Honey

I go through long periods of time when I don't write, and I'm fine.

Time Long Go Write Through Fine

It was my dream to come to Oxford and study political science.

Science Political Dream Study Come

For decades, media companies have largely controlled the tools through which consumers were told what to buy, wear or think. Now consumers possess the same ability to produce, distribute and curate content and distribute it to their peers in real time across social media platforms.

Simon Mainwaring

Time Social Media Think Tools Media

I don't speak English, so I'll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field.

Masahiro Tanaka

Confidence Trust Win Performance

My birth at the end of July 1967 makes me a child of the naksa, or setback, as the Arab defeat during the June 1967 war with Israel is euphemistically known in Arabic.

War Child Me End Defeat Birth

Nobody was talking about healthcare until 'Sicko' came out.

Talking Healthcare Nobody Out Until

Small, bald white guys like myself - we all kind of look the same.

Myself Small Look White Bald Kind

There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story.

Story Think Worth Said Something

In live action, sometimes a mood or a feeling can go on for quite a while. Animation is a lot more effort. There are a lot more notes.

Live Effort Action Feeling Sometimes

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