Lao Tzu Quotes
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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The tale of 'Point Break' is about doing what you love and committing to what you love. It's relevant to me as a Venezuelan, to you as an American, to any Chinese person watching the film.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of those people. I enjoy outworking the opposition.
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So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.
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Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.
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I didn't realize it. It looks like my career happened overnight, but it didn't. I was basically living on my own from when I was 17 on.
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We can't legislate human nature.
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It's not just what Christian fiction lacks I appreciate - it's what it offers. The variety is vast: contemporary, historical, suspense, mysteries, adventure, young adult, romance, fantasy, science fiction.
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We built [socialistic society] for the sake of real personal liberty, liberty without quotation marks.
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The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality.
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I don't design for myself. I design something keeping in mind that it has to please a lot of women.
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Backbends are not poses meant for expressionism. Backbends are meant to understand the back parts of our bodies. The front body can be seen with the eyes, but the back body can only be felt. That's why I say these are the most advanced postures, where the mind begins to look at the back.
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Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.
