Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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DownHeightSheWhateverFortune

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.

Jim Harrison

WomanWritingProblemsManyPresents

I always knew that good stuff would come along when I was older. So when I was 18, I longed to be 30; when I was 30, I longed to be 50. I've always looked forward to my next birthday.

Joanna Lumley

BirthdayGoodForwardAlwaysNext

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

Joel Osteen

SportsBasketballEnjoyPlayingLike

Roger Revelle died of a heart attack three months after the Cosmos story was printed. Oh, how I wish he were still alive today. He might be able to stop this scientific silliness and end the global warming scam. He might well stand beside me as a global warming denier.

John Coleman

TodayHeartMeStoryEndStand

What's a fact is that we give more than £350 million to the European Union and hand over control of that money to the European Union every week.

Michael Gove

MoneyControlWeekHandMoreOver

I cannot imagine a more realistic faith than the Christian faith. At every turn, we are told we are death-determined creatures and that our lives, our all too brief lives, at the very least will be complex if not difficult.

Stanley Hauerwas

FaithChristianWillMoreDifficult

Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.

Shirin Ebadi

ReligionCivilizationHumanRights

The thing about lying is, it is quite exhausting - you have to remember a lot.

Rupert Everett

RememberYouLyingQuiteAboutLot

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

Loretta Lynn

GoodLuckLongYouBadRun

For me, the path of failure exceeded by far the joys of success. My plight was hopeless.

Dominick Dunne

SuccessFailurePathMeHopeless

There's money to be made, and I want mine.

Demetrious Johnson

MoneyWantMineMade

When you set out to carry on a tradition as deep rooted as folk music is, you've got to have your story together. You've got to study and have a foundation. Jeffrey Foucault has that foundation, and you can hear it in his voice, and feel it in his music. He's got an understanding that you don't hear that often.

Brian Fallon

MusicTogetherStoryFoundationDeep

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