Matthieu Ricard Quotes
Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.
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Darling, when you're as old as I am, you cherish the very few musicals that have come your way that you know are great classics. You become their guardian.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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Take chances, find your voice in fashion, and find what you like, and find what makes you feel good, and do that.
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Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
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The foreign policy of the Democrats is bad for Europe and deadly for Hungary. In contrast, the foreign policy of the Republicans and proclaimed by presidential candidate Trump is good for Europe and means life for Hungary.
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So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.
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As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.
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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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Painting puts me into an alpha state. It's a private event. I make all the decisions in the process and never have to deal with the outside world.
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Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood.
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Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time.
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No woman can become or remain degraded without all women suffering.
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With every one, the expectation of a misfortune constitutes a dreadful, punishment. Suffering then assumes the proportions of the unknown, which is the soul's infinite.
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I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them.
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Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.
