Lao Tzu Quotes
Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from clay, but the empty space within it is the essence of the pot. Walls with windows and doors form the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home.
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.
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Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
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Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.
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I've always been interested in making movies.
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My whole thing is feel free to hate me – I so don't care if you hate me, but meet me, and listen to my record, and know me before you hate me.
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I never publicise in advance what I'm going to be singing because I never quite know until I start. I often change my mind halfway through. I sometimes throw in stuff about politics or Shakespeare or do songs in Yiddish.
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This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school.
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Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.
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I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
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The rule of Big Money and its attendant culture of cupidity and mendacity has so poisoned our hearts, minds and souls that a dominant self-righteous neoliberal soulcraft of smartness, dollars and bombs thrives with little opposition.
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Don Rickles and I are best friends. I know that might seem strange to those who know Don only by reputation, but somebody has to be his friend. Just to make sure I don't forget, Don gave me a doormat that sits just outside the front door of my house. It reads: 'The Newharts: The Rickleses Best Friends.'
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I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.
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Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from clay, but the empty space within it is the essence of the pot. Walls with windows and doors form the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home.
