Lao Tzu Quotes
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
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We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.
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I have the strange ability to shut things out.
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Frankly, our adversaries are emboldened by the lack of American leadership in the world, and our friends and our allies, they have lost trust in us.
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Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
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I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.
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About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn't match anything that we've ever seen before.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.
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People recognize me from everything and as soon as I think I know where they know me from, I'm always wrong.
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Conflict drives fiction; no one wants to read a four-hundred-page novel in which everything rolls along smoothly.
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There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.
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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
