Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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When someone is unrelentingly critical of you, always finds fault, can never be pleased, and blames you for everything that goes wrong, it is the insidious nature and cumulative effects of the abuse that do the damage. Over time, this type of abuse eats away at your self-confidence and sense of self-worth, undermining any good feelings you have about yourself and about your accomplishments.
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I believe you should pray as hard on those up days as you do on the down days.
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I soon realized that poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many fine things without any understanding of what they say.
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The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.
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The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.
