Lao Tzu Quotes
Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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When you start talking about sacrifices, pretty soon people start feeling like chumps.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
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Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.
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Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
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The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.
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I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!
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I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you?
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Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.
