Lao Tzu Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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I have visited people whose health has been endangered by tar sands oil. I have watched neighbors struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy. I have seen solar panels and wind turbines become an increasingly familiar part of the landscape.
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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.
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This imitation Elvis may not be the king, but baby I'm the next best thing.
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If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
