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've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way. The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.
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There are many, many books I've read and I think this is quite naïve actually because we all just try to uncover something. But the universe at large is full of questions that we still don't know anything about and there will be always young people brilliant who are going to make new discoveries.
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In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence.
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When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried.
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The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.
