Lao Tzu Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn't OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, 'You were neglected as a child, so you'll never make it.' That's just as pernicious.
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'Evil Dead' was such a big movie in my life. It's one of the few that I really remember when I watched it for the first time. I mean, I don't remember when I first saw 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and it's one of my favourite movies.
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I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other's sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship.
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This country can ill afford to continue to function using less than half of its human resources, less than half its kinetic energy, less than half its brain power.
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I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
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I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.
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The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.
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I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.
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I'm very approachable and want to meet everybody.
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I sculpted for four or five years. Mostly for my own amusement, I decided to do a picture book, and that was kind of a turning point.
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There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
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There's many an artist that comes to Nashville in hopes of doing the same thing I'm doing right now,
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.
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Of course there is nothing the matter with the stars It is my emptiness among them While they drift farther away in the invisible morning
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Violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort-they are reliefs of pain.
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If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned.
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I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.
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We have made some great strides in terms of treating various types of cancer with early detection. The success rate of recovery for many people today is better than it was a decade or two ago so we can't give up. Yes, we would all love a quick "cure all" but that is not reality. Until then, we all are in this together and we have to keep working towards more progress!
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The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.
