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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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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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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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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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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No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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The electro scene is all over the clubs now: groups like Duck Sauce, Empire of the Sun, even MGMT. But I get inspiration from everywhere. I'll go to the gym and put on old albums - Guns N' Roses or old Jay-Z.
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I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.
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I've been on the side where you have nothing, and now I'm on the side where anything I want is there for me. When I didn't have the means to do whatever I wanted to do, I still had peace.
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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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Most people spend a lot of time justifying why it's got to be this way, ... they can put away something.
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I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.
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If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
