Lao Tzu Quotes
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with cats. And I felt more comfortable with girls, I didn't really like hanging out with guys. When I was about ten or eleven, I was friendlier with the girls in my school than with the guys.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue to pursue its search for democracy.
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I'm not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I'm not into frivolous relationships.
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After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.
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As far as guys who perform onstage, I love Chris Rock. I'm kind of jaded on everyone else.
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We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.
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I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.
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I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.
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Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out.
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If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
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That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?
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Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.
