Alexandra David-Neel Quotes
The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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The team is in great shape, the coaching staff, the front office. Just things feel really good chemistry-wise across the board.
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There's nothing like simple spicy egg bhurji.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.
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Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.
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The All-Wise Maker attaches hundreds of instances of wisdom to each of the beings in the palace of the universe and equips them to perform hundreds of duties. To all trees He bestows instances of wisdom to the number of its fruits and gives duties to the number of its flowers.
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I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.
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I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous.
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Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
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Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.
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A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
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What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.
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If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.
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Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.
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It's very strange. I can't go anywhere without somebody stopping me, which is so cool that I get to connect to people that I never might've ever spoken to, or they have an impetus to speak to me. It's created a career that I wasn't sure if I'd ever really have.
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What we must remember, however, is that preservation of liberties does not depend on motives. A suppression of liberty has the same effect whether the suppressor be a reformer or an outlaw. The only protection against misguided zeal is constant alertness to infractions of the guarantees of liberty contained in our Constitution. Each surrender of liberty to the demands of the moment makes easier another, larger surrender. . .
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If you choose to do both acting and directing on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in it for the same goal and it's a collaborative experience. You can't really jump into being an actor, and than direct yourself. At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful. If you try to micro-manage and control all of it, than you're probably heading for disaster.
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The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.
