Lao Tzu Quotes

The more laws and restrictions there are, The poorer people become. The sharper men's weapons, The more trouble in the land.

Lao Tzu

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• It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.

  

  Jack Schwartz
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• I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good when I have my favorite song.

  

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• But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

  

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• We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.

  

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• You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.

  

  Lance Henriksen
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• The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.

  

  Oskar Schindler
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• I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.

  

  Gary Hamel
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• Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.

  

  Odeya Rush
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• In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.

  

  Randeep Hooda
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• Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

  

  Floyd Patterson
  • Death
  • Fear
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• The first part of my life, as a player, has ended but now I'm heading into an equally important part as a manager, hoping to do as well as I did on the field.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • Life
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• The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

  

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  • Ideas
  • Air
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• I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.

  

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• Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Up
  • Change
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• Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.

  

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• Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.

  

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• I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.

  

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• Violence is sometimes a very practical solution but I don't think it is the ultimate solution. Owning a gun is not OK for me. But I could argue both sides. Why shouldn't people own them? I'm not fundamentally against citizens having access to a weapon but I think it has complications. It's probably not the wisest idea. Obviously, it has consequences. Personally, I do not own a weapon.

  

  Keanu Reeves
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• Most men of business think 'Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.'

  

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• One thing I've learned - and I've said this to Republicans and Democrats - is, bees cannot sting and make honey at the same time. They have to make a choice. Either they are going to be a stinger or a honey-maker, and I contend that honey is a symbol of legislation and, the nuclear language used by members is the stinger, and you can't do both.

  

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  • Time

• The process of Turkish accession has turned into a lightning rod for other discontent.

  

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• Don't ever be afraid of giving. Give. Give of your time, your forgiveness, your understanding, your love. Give of your money. Give to the creation, and you'll be given by the Creator. Be generous, and the Most Generous will be generous with you.

  

  Yasmin Mogahed
  • Time
  • Money
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• The more laws and restrictions there are, The poorer people become. The sharper men's weapons, The more trouble in the land.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • People
  • Weapons
  • Restrictions