Rumi Quotes
When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
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I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without OLGA.
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Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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In India, you see the way they embrace color in the culture - it's very celebratory of the existence of color. There's no rule of what color belongs together or doesn't belong together. They're not precious about it. It's very full-on.
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I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then.
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I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
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I've been doing silly voices since I was a child.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.
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I love retweeting things and seeing how many fans are on other people's pages.
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Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another Bryant soap opera.
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I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time.
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As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.
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We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.
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Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.
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If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart) you must understand first and foremost, that I am an Australian.
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The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.
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I saw 'Birth' at the Sundance Film Festival with a thousand other strangers, and I couldn't believe that was me in the film. I didn't recognize myself.
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Education produces natural intuitions, and natural intuitions are erased by education.
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When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.
