Lao Tzu Quotes
To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.
Quotes to Explore
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I'm competitive. I don't like to lose.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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I don't have the activist temperament. I like listening to divergent points of view and hearing people out. I like getting along. I even like being liked, although activists of any stripe should get rid of that handicap at the outset.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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This was basically the first time I got to act in action scenes, with things blowing up all around me. It sounds corny, but I think every actor would like to - at least once in his or her career - play the person who saves the entire world.
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I tell actresses, "If you're too tall, if you're too fat, you're not going to work. I don't care how talented you are." It's a business, and sex sells.
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Everything connects to everything; therefore, as we change, the world cannot but change with us.
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I don't want to wear my compositional tools on my sleeve.
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To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.
