Lao Tzu Quotes
When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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But the working I would always want to do.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.
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I think it's unfair that people can't give assets to whoever they want. When I die, my assets can go to my wife. And a gay person - you ought to have a system where maybe you can just say, 'You can give your assets to anybody you want.'
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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Art is more engaging that propaganda.
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.
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I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.
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The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.
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Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son.
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While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.'
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
