Lao Tzu Quotes

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

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• I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Science
  • Research
  • Boat

• I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • Life
  • Pretty
  • Like

• I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Stop
  • Myself
  • Singing

• Armenian folklore has it that three apples fell from Heaven: one for the teller of a story, one for the listener, and the third for the one who 'took it to heart.' What a pity Heaven awarded no apple to the one who wrote the story down.

  

  Nancy Willard
  • Heart
  • Heaven
  • Three

• But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Movies
  • Old
  • Hollywood

• It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Day
  • Confidence
  • Learn

• It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • People
  • You
  • Rude

• I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties, but I never do that. I'm not really human.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • People
  • Friends
  • Lunch

• Imagine Him smiling down on you right now. Embrace His love. Remember, you are His most prized possession, the apple of His eye!

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Right
  • Possession
  • Smiling

• I love to go all out - once I start doing my makeup, I kind of tend to do a lot of it. So like foundation, contour, highlight, eyeliner, shadow, lashes, lipstick - everything! But I really, really love my contours.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Like
  • Start
  • Makeup

• My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane.

  

  Gary Locke
  • Why
  • Parents
  • Dad

• Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Good
  • Important
  • Success

• We did major work at the White House. But what people often don't understand is that when you do a historic restoration, you can't just do whatever you want. You work alongside the fine-arts commission and are obliged to create a replica of the past, as close as humanly possible. It's a historic institution, not a showhouse.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • People
  • Work
  • House

• Philadelphia loves its team, and being able to win a World Series for the city, fans, players and our Phillies organization meant so much to me.

  

  Pat Gillick
  • World
  • Team
  • Win

• I don't know that white people need to be 'allies' so much as understand that any black struggle in America is ultimately a struggle for the large country. 'Ally' presumes a kind of distance that I am not sure exists.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Country
  • America

• We print money. The people that print the money is actually us. The government of the United States of America. By its very nature, we control that, and this system is there as representation of us.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • People
  • Money
  • America

• I'm known to be hands on 100%. I don't know any other way to be than a leader by example.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Know
  • Hands
  • Leader

• I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?

  

  Zhuangzi
  • Man
  • Wonder
  • Dreams

• Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.

  

  Richard Paul Evans
  • People
  • Writing

• There have been times where you do the red carpet in a certain shoe, and you go into the bathroom, you take that shoe off, you put the other shoe on from your purse, and then you walk around for the rest of the night.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Night
  • Rest
  • Red

• I'm lucky that I do something I love, and I am proud, as I think it's a positive message to give to young women: if you want to have a career and be married with children, then you can. It's full-on, but it's doable.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Women
  • Children
  • Career

• My stepdad is a Patriots fan, so I've become a Pats fan, too.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Fan
  • Become
  • Patriots

• When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Nation
  • Patriotism
  • Patriots