Lao Tzu Quotes
Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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If you want to do interesting software, you have to have a bunch of people do it, because the amount of software that one person can do isn't that interesting.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that I decided to write something that would please me alone - that became my sole criterion. And that was when I wrote 'Forgetting Elena,' the first novel I got published.
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We were high above fields, and there far, far below, was a small shadow as of a great bird tearing along the neatly marked off fields. It gave me the most tremendous shock to realize for the first time the terrific speed we were going at and that that shadow meant us - us, like a mirror! That 'bird' - it was us.
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A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.
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I had some great music teachers who were men, but I think there's something about having these master teachers who were women in my life. That's very meaningful to me and you see it in my work. I write a lot about matriarchs and the pain of it, the beauty of it, the burden of it, the love of it.
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I was on 'The O.C.' and had a small part, which wasn't very challenging. I was a bit bored, so I started shadowing directors and they finally gave me a shot. From there, it led to directing other television shows. I am trying to direct a feature film, so we'll see what happens.
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First thing in the morning, we're really tired, and we look at each other and we wonder, 'Are we ever going to get sleep?' And yet, it doesn't matter if you don't get sleep. It's an honor to take care of them.
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Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.
