Diogenes Quotes
The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd love to be 'People Magazine''s Sexiest Man Alive, but I think that that's a ways off. I have to stop wearing sweat pants, and then we'll work on that.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.
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Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.
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Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
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Well, you know, you're not going to have 86 percent of Congress voted out of office.
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We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
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'Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
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When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!
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If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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I know my Beijing medal has been a watershed moment in the history of Indian boxing, but personally speaking, I would like to better it in London.
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I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.
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The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.
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I still care a lot about my personal style, and since moving to New York and having a little more control over my own money, I've been able to make my 12-year-old fashion nerd dream comes true.
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I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.
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Care and labor are as much correlated to human existence as shadow is to light...
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For a seriously autistic kid, the best prognosis might be getting into a mainstream school without being too much of a shadow. For a moderately autistic kid the best prognosis is full recovery.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.
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The Buddha teaches that feeling is an inseparable concomitant of consciousness, since every act of knowing is coloured by some affective tone.
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The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
