Huston Smith Quotes
Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the morning's dew. It is non-confrontational, even respectful, in circumventing the rocks in a stream. It makes room for everything that enters its pools. It accommodates by assuming the shape of any vessel it is poured into. And it is humble, seeking always the lowest level. Yet along with - or rather because of these adaptive, yielding properties, it is ultimately irresistible; it carves canyons out of stone.
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When I was in college, I was always saying I was a socialist.
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I'm just basically a workaholic.
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When I speak of artistic universals, I am not denying the enormous role played by culture. Obviously culture plays a tremendous role, otherwise you wouldn't have different artistic styles - but it doesn't follow that art is completely idiosyncratic and arbitrary, either, or that there are no universal laws.
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I'm forever writing, forever looking for something to direct or produce, and always on the hunt for a great role.
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But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.
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For every problem or confusion and for every desire or ambition there is an available force waiting for your call.
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Meanwhile, among all its countless other effects upon human culture, Starglider had brought to its climax a process that was already well under way. It had put an end to the billions of the words of pious gibberish with which apparently intelligent men had addled their minds for centuries.
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The predominant difference between television and film is the pace to which you work, but the development of the character or the process for playing the character isn't necessarily different.
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Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.
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Billboards, billboards, drink this, eat that, use all manner of things, everyone, the best, the cheapest, the purest and most satisfying of all their available counterparts. Red lights flicker on every horizon, airplanes beware; cars flash by, more lights. Workers repair the gas main. Signs, signs, lights, lights, streets, streets.
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I'm with you. No matter what else you have in your head I'm with you and I love you.
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My goal is to reach as many people as possible and inspire them.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
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Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the morning's dew. It is non-confrontational, even respectful, in circumventing the rocks in a stream. It makes room for everything that enters its pools. It accommodates by assuming the shape of any vessel it is poured into. And it is humble, seeking always the lowest level. Yet along with - or rather because of these adaptive, yielding properties, it is ultimately irresistible; it carves canyons out of stone.
