Lao Tzu Quotes
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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I was not the pampered baby, no. I'm five years younger, and my parents were actually very strict with me, more strict than with the other ones.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.
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Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things.
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.
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In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order.
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I hate when people don't hear the actual words out of your mouth or even the intent of it. They just hear something completely different.
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I spend most of my time at concerts hoping for that one second that the artist looks at me, I look at the artist, and that's when I get to say, 'Thank you.'
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I like my song-sequences in my movies, but one of the things I like about them, is I get in and I get out.
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To be of few words is natural.
