Carlos Castaneda Quotes
For a warrior, to be inaccessible means that he touches the world around him sparingly. And above all, he deliberately avoids exhausting himself and others. He doesn’t use and squeeze people until they have shriveled to nothing, especially the people he loves.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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I know what it's like to have an inflated libido.
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I spend time in the classroom. I think more of them aren't political science than are political science. I particularly like talking to journalism students.
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A good comedian can say things funny and other guys just say funny things.
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One time this guy on the street wanted me to give him a medical opinion, because I'm a doctor on TV. I'm also a real doctor. But I'm also Zack Braff, so I kicked him in the groin.
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Philosophy and theology have so much to tell us about God, but people today want to experience God. There is a difference between eating dinner and merely reading the menu.
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It's easy to forget, as a leader, that when employees don't get the wide view, not only does the point of their work escape them, but it can also lead to real frustration. It's hard to feel pride and ownership when you don't understand where things are going.
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For a warrior, to be inaccessible means that he touches the world around him sparingly. And above all, he deliberately avoids exhausting himself and others. He doesn’t use and squeeze people until they have shriveled to nothing, especially the people he loves.
