Lao Tzu Quotes
The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.
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I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.
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Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out music. The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.
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If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
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Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
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In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer's has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some years before I was diagnosed.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
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I had problems walking, so I knew I couldn't do any running. I couldn't do it. It's real swollen.
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The ANC party from time to time comes with legislation which, if accepted and if not nullified by the constitution of court, would have the effect of undermining the constitution and eroding its values.
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The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
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There are some persons who never succeed from being too indolent to undertake anything; and others who regularly fail, because the instant they find success in their power, they grow indifferent, and give over the attempt.
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The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.
