Nasreddin Quotes
A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can see it just lying there, on the ground." "That's right: that's its use."
Quotes to Explore
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The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
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I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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I don't use emojis. I go vintage.
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But I love New York. I used to set my alarm clock when I was there, and get up at 4am and get a coffee, just because I could.
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The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems.
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you.
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I've never been damaged or hurt by press. It's just that I think it's unfair to use your name in media.
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Tennessee's a hillbilly dumping ground, and Georgia's a lousy state too.
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What the use of having ignorance if you can't show it?
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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language.
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I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources.
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What we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return
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The only pressure that you use in a professional selling presentation is the presence of silence after the closing question.
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I use a lot of double meanings. I hide 'em like Easter eggs.
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Our tribe unraveled like a coarse rope, frayed at either end as the old and new among us were taken.
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Yeah, obviously we use vampires as a metaphor for something else, something deeper than just the supernatural. But there's just something about the bloodsucking walking dead, that can say so much to people. There are really so many people trying to get control over you on a daily basis and steal your soul in some way, take a part of you.
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How many hands were shook and names were signed and pipes were passed congenially in a circle, before the first of the used-car dealerships rose up on the ground where the gods had walked?
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in proportion as the mind that produces it is universal.
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It truly amazes me all the things you can add and mix in to truly transform a plain old bowl of oatmeal.
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A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can see it just lying there, on the ground." "That's right: that's its use."
