#seems

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

#lust #mankind #possess #rather #seems

Each of us seems to have a main focus, a particular idea of practicality - a concept of 'what we want out of life' against which we judge our experiences. ↗

— Jane Roberts

#concept #each #experiences #focus #idea

To me it seems as plain as can be that the Bible declares that all the wicked will God destroy; again, that those who, during the Millennial age when brought to a knowledge of the truth, shall prove willful sinners will be punished with everlasting destruction. ↗

— Charles Taze Russell

#age #bible #brought #declares #destroy

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#assume #before #eyes #face #front

I would say I was still a Marxist - which is not to be confused with being a Communist. Despite its flaws, Marxism still seems to explain the material world better than anything else. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#being #better #communist #confused #despite

I've auditioned for roles that involved voice, but I don't like it. I feel like, I can't do this in front of you. It seems so separate - I don't share it with a lot of people. And I'm not into public performances. ↗

— Amanda Seyfried

#feel #front #i #i feel #i feel like

The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern, as maintained by others, seems to me purely imaginary, and of course the supposed equilibrium of those classes a mere conceit. ↗

— William H. Seward

#classification #conceit #course #equilibrium #established

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#done #entertained #keep #make #never

John the Baptist was supposed to point the way to the Christ. He was just the voice, not the Messiah. So everybody's calling has dignity to it and God seems to know better than we do what is in us that needs to be called forth. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#better #called #calling #christ #dignity

It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all. ↗

— James Stewart

#best #best friend #caught #dated #especially