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.Lao Tzu
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
Zainab Salbi -
At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
Walter Kirn -
An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
Federica Mogherini -
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.
Nathan Myhrvold -
It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
Natalia Makarova -
I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
Camryn Manheim
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
Felix Bloch -
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.
Mads Mikkelsen -
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.
Gary Bettman -
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.
Fidel Castro -
The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
Iain McGilchrist -
Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
Dan Gertler
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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.
Kaley Cuoco -
Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
Flo Rida -
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.
Hannah Simone -
On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.
Otto Schily -
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.
Walt Disney -
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.
Edmund White
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As funny as some photos can be, think twice about allowing yourself to be tagged in questionable photos.
Lewis Howes -
I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
Adam McKay -
Sometimes, you want to write how you feel, but making people have fun, that's part of it, too.
Cole Swindell -
I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.
Maxine Waters -
What a photograph shows us is how a particular thing could be seen, or could be made to look - at a specific moment, in a specific context, by a specific photographer employing specific tools.
Allan Douglass Coleman -
Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.
Lao Tzu