Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
By its very nature, non-violence cannot ‘seize’ power, nor can that be its goal. But non-violence can do more; it can effectively control and guide power without capturing the machinery of government. That is its beauty.
Quotes to Explore
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Broadway is really my life.
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I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.
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I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.
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There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
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Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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There are a lot of possibilities I'm looking at for the future, but I'm very insistent on not limiting myself.
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We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.
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We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
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I think the key to being a good parent is to individualize your love for each child.
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The ideal being? An angel ravaged by humor.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world tin.
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The Centers for Disease Control says that there are 76 million cases of food poisoning in the United States every year, 350,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths. Is that a lot or a little? Well, it depends on how you look at it.
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Stupidity isn't the only thing humans carry inside of them. I'll show you that we also have the power to purify.
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By its very nature, non-violence cannot ‘seize’ power, nor can that be its goal. But non-violence can do more; it can effectively control and guide power without capturing the machinery of government. That is its beauty.
