Lao Tzu Quotes
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
Quotes to Explore
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Now and always, hard-line policy and those who embrace it are vessels for darker forces that are at once self-cannibalizing and combustible. No good can come of them. They are unsustainable because their sense of righteousness denies human worth.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the kinds of stories you love to read.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I've always loved projects where I can combine acting and music.
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I've never had a MySpace or a Facebook page. I avoid that entirely.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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The Senior Tour is a good concept, although frankly I'm not astounded at its continued success. It gives a lot of guys an opportunity to extend their careers.
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'Blue Plate Special' is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject.
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I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is a title, and that many go in for those professions who are utterly unfit for them, while others who would be very competent are prevented by business or their daily cares, which keep them away from letters.
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A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
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You can always write a song about people who are in love, but they're in love, so they're happy; they don't need you. But the people that I try to worry about are the ones who don't have anyone to give chocolate to, and the girl who doesn't have flowers coming to her.
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All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
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Free your heart from hatred - forgive. Free your mind from worries - most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
