Du Fu Quotes
Nature ever calls people to liveAlong with her; why should I be luredBy transient rank and honours?
Quotes to Explore
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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Christ imparts the capacity of conquest to our lives every single day that we are willing to believe Him.
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows?
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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No amount of debt restructuring, even debt forgiveness, will help the Greeks achieve real prosperity. What they need is not short-term relief but, rather, a long-term cure.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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I just try to attack the rim as hard as I can. Try to get the crowd pumped up a little bit.
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The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
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People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.
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Nature ever calls people to liveAlong with her; why should I be luredBy transient rank and honours?
