Rumi Quotes
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My mother passed when I was in the third grade, my father when I was in the seventh, and that's when I was shipped to Los Angeles to live with an aunt.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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You get to a point where everything is so important. One day you have 'Letterman,' and the next day you're at the MTV Movie Awards, and the next day you have a sold-out show for over 15,000 people. You can't cancel anything, because it's just too much to let everyone down, which is an interesting thing about being in a bigger band.
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I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
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Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
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Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.
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Remember, life itself is a mission. While we are on the go, we need to stop between steps to re-focus on the Word and the Will of God. While we are on the go, I mean, while we are on the mission, we need to sometimes stop at intervals to assess our progress and prepare ourselves for the challenges ahead.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.
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Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.
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My favorite was always whichever sport was in season. I think these days it's almost saddening to see kids who are 10 or 11 and are forced to choose one sport and specialize in that sport and play that sport year-round. By playing different sports... you become a better all-around athlete.
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You cannot imagine the wild enthusiasm that these two men created in Vienna. Newspapers went into raptures over each new waltz, and innumerable articles appeared about Lanner and Strauss.
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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
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I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again.
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All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.
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I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.
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The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.
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I like being immersed in other peoples’ situations, I find that very inspiring. I don’t like to look inwards too much when I’m starting to think about records or different songs. I’m a keen observer. It’s endlessly fascinating.
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The future is not a gift-it is an achievement.
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To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration to practice compassion and avoid causing others pain. And to the extent that suffering awakens our empathy and causes us to connect with others, it serves as the basis of compassion and love.
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Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.
