Lao Tzu Quotes
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I feel like I want to and have to do everything once.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.
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True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.
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I haven't had an orthodox career.
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It's not healthy to be jealous.
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I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.
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I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain it's seen as the catalyst for urban regeneration rather than the icing on the cake.
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I say I am stronger than fear.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.
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Develop the strength of a man, but live as gently as a woman.
