Lao Tzu Quotes
Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
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I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.
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My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
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For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.
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The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that it seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilised cynic to do other than worship it.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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Fine artists reflect, and then they act. Fashion photographers - we act, and then we reflect.
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When you go on a stage - or even in a café or a room - and you play it's all happening right then and there: the exchange, the art, the communication. Performance is in the moment.
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Traditional charity is still fairly focused on how it makes donors feel as opposed to outcomes for people that need help.
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Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games.
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Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.
