Lao Tzu Quotes
All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.
Quotes to Explore
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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Over the past months and years, divisions have opened up in Malaysian society. Now it is time for all of us, in government and beyond, to put the bitterness behind us.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.
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Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form.
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America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.
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Anyone can look beautiful.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.
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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
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Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.
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I spent a lot of time at my grandparents in the school holidays, and the only books in the house were a copy of the Bible and Agatha Christie's 'Murder at the Vicarage.' I developed a taste for murder mysteries and then later discovered libraries, second-hand bookshops, and jumble sales.
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I think it's harder for R&B to break in England because the radio and labels don't really know what to do with R&B music.
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I just like surprising people. I never want to get to a place where people see that I am in a movie and they go see the movie and they expect a certain performance one way or the other. That is just inherently boring to me.
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Speak from your mind and people will hear you with their mind. Speak from your heart and people will hear you with their heart.
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I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.
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The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind of sadness to them and that kind of music doesn't really exist any more.
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All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.
