Lao Tzu Quotes
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.
Quotes to Explore
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov -
Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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Proust is a huge author for me.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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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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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well then we call that bragging. And if you are unhappy about what happened, we call that complaining. And so what are you going to do?
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In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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I think that we could be more careful about what we're saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It's unrealistic to expect people to always be in designer clothes. Girls growing up deserve more freedom in how they look and how they feel about how they look.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.
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My father belonged to a Jewish social club.
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I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.
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The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.
