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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He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.
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You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.
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Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
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Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the sage who is wise in reproof: it fares well and not ill with him who seeks such company.
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One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one's life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.
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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.
