Lao Tzu Quotes
Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive.
Quotes to Explore
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Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.
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Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
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As a male designer, you always need a woman's touch.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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I can't tell a story about a working-class family on a premium channel that you have to pay to get.
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Well, you know, people don't know me as a country artist and I am new to the genre. But that's how I grew up singing.
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I'm an optimistic guy. I'm one of those big dreamers. I'm one of those kids with that annoying imagination.
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Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts.
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It has to be really interesting for me to perform the same role for 365 days non-stop. It becomes taxing for an actor to perform the same character for 12 hours every day, and then, after a point, there's no growth.
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As I said, I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about partner brands.
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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, no winter in thy year.
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(In a tone suggesting a reference to his upbringing) I was brought up on charges.
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We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent crime.
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I'm a huge fan of movies, and I watch DVDs all day, and I like to be able to watch DVDs that are different from what was in theaters. Whether that's uncut or a director's cut. I think it's an awesome way to rediscover the movie.
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There are a lot of very simple recipes in the book, and there's a huge amount of material to help people understand how things work.
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In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian; that's left-wing.
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I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White men are afraid of you. White women are afraid of you. The cops hate you. The government wants you dead. Your own people want to shoot you for what you got. You just can't get over it. And even if you are able to get over it you're forced to do it on the white guy's terms.
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Do you realize the FBI filing system from the '50s was much more secure? How could you have stolen that data? It was on notecards. Now someone with a thumb drive, or remotely, can take the equivalent of millions of those notecards.
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I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.
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I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.
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Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive.
