Lao Tzu Quotes
When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and offer the Way.
Quotes to Explore
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There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor.
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One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations.
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I'm curvy.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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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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Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations.
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God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.
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Shoes are important to me because I don't do much with my clothes.
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Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid.
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My happy place is holding my daughter and my husband in the same hug. It really is. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. I consider it such a privilege, and I know that I'm lucky. I never want to take it for granted.
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I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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I went every Sunday to church when I was growing up, and I think that music had an affect on me before my memory can recall.
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you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
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The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and offer the Way.
