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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The object is evident in the name of the discipline. Similarly, theology (theologia) is the study of God. The object of theology is not the church's teaching or the experience of pious souls. It is not a subset of ethics, religious studies, cultural anthropology, or psychology. God is the object of this discipline.
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Knowing my circumstances from which I came and the path I was headed down, to be where I am, I'm blessed.
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[On her collaboration with Adolph Green:] We stare at each other. We meet, whether or not we have a project, just to keep up a continuity of working. There are long periods when nothing happens, and it's just boring and disheartening. But we have a theory that nothing's wasted, even those long days of staring at one another. You sort of have to believe that, don't you? That you had to go through all that to get to the day when something did happen.
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In America, one of the biggest problems we have with China is the illegal dumping of steel and aluminum into our markets. I have fought against that as a senator. I've stood up against it as secretary of state.
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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."
