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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I don't think Congress, in general, has done a good job articulating to the American public how inextricably linked our credit markets are to our entire economic system.
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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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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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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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Were there certain things that I didn't feel were dignified enough to make it into the movie? Yeah.
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Western civilization presents one of the most difficult tasks for historical analysis, because it is not yet finished, because we are a part of it and lack perspective, and because it presents considerable variation from our pattern of historical change.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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We really want the whole world to know about Live and to experience us.
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If the world is presented as resources to be exploited, then, more than likely, you're going to exploit the world.
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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.
