Lao Tzu Quotes
Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there.
Quotes to Explore
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I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
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I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.
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I had been very focused on the issue of education disparities in our country, and literally, by the time kids are just nine years old, in low-income communities, they're already three or four grade levels behind nine-year-olds in high-income communities.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.
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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
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It is when I am working that the real me comes out - that is when I am the most real and honest.
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There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people.
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I still care a lot about my personal style, and since moving to New York and having a little more control over my own money, I've been able to make my 12-year-old fashion nerd dream comes true.
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By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I'm still healthy.
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I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.
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I am a woman above everything else.
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To look good in the water you have to pick the right swimsuit. I own close to 500.
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We cannot foresee what the Lord has in mind for us. Our only course of action is to be prepared and worthy for whatever he requires. We must govern our actions every day with our future in mind.
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Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is almost always profoundly isolating.
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It’s a marvelous thing, the ocean. For some reason when two people sit together looking out at it, they stop caring whether they talk or stay silent. You never get tired of watching it. And no matter how rough the waves get, you’re never bothered by the noise the water makes by the commotion of the surface - it never seems too loud, or too wild.
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A lot of times, some of my best ideas happen when I'm running. That's when I do my best thinking.
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I think this concern about a jobless recovery at this point is a bit premature,
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The revolution begins at home.
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I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.
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To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question.
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Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there.
