Lao Tzu Quotes
Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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'Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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Unity is surely the indispensable thing if meaning is to exist. Unity, to be very general, is the establishment of the utmost relatedness between all component parts... the aim is to make as clear as possible the relationships between the parts of the unity; in short, to show how one thing leads to another.
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The Body of an American, **1919* 1932
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I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.
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The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
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Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.
