Lao Tzu Quotes
The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.
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During the nineteenth century, men died believing in the cause of royalty or republicanism. In reality, much of their sacrifice was rendered on the altar of the new nationalism.
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I was a good sight reader and I could sing two or three of these jingles a day. An orchestra would come in for half an hour, and then the singers would come in and knock 'em out, and go on to the next one. I was the voice of Budweiser and Almond Joy.
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'I think I've broken three (tha-ree) cameras today!' -Rolling Stone photo shoot
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What can I do to create a healthy work environment? Because we have all been groomed to the normalization of violence and the normalization of abuse. And we refuse to live in that society.
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I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social.
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Putting on weight for me is really, really hard. If I stop lifting, or if I stop eating, I get skinny really quick.
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You know, Southerners are pretty cool.
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To be the world No. 1 has always been a dream for me.
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I do think some digital currency will end up being the reserve currency of the world. I see a path where that's going to happen.
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I like to have fulsome discussions on every topic. What happens if you lose this show? What would you do? We have to look at every hypothesis.
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As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, 'I want to do movies.' Then it was finding the means to do it.
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To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.
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Lots of things were there [in the seventies], in the social experience, but not quite named, lurking like a stranger on the edge of the playground.
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To become romantic artists, we must pierce the armor that hides our hearts, and the piercing is not comfortable.
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The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
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When you can look at failure and say, 'What is the worst case scenario,' it's not as bad as it seems.
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A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.
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In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient.
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The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased.
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They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.
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Many able Gardeners and Husbandmen are yet Ignorant of the Reason of their Calling; as most Artificers are of the Reason of their own Rules that govern their excellent Workmanship. But a Naturalist and Mechanick of this sort is Master of the Reason of both, and might be of the Practice too, if his Industry kept pace with his Speculation; which were every commendable; and without which he cannot be said to be a complete Naturalist or Mechanick.
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The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.
