Arthur Waley Quotes
Keep off your thoughts from things that are past and done; for thinking of the past wakes regret and pain.
Quotes to Explore
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
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Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.
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You know why I'm running for governor? Because everything we care about is under siege from President Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner.
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I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It's what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.
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I am very strong. When you have children, you have to be.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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What is nonmeasurable and nonpredictable will remain nonmeasurable and nonpredictable ... no matter how much hate mail I get.
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There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the church, to which gay political rhetoric is childishly hostile.
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Peyton Fahrquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.
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Don't react with fear and panic in the face of debt collector threats. Talk to them and explain your situation. See if you can work out a compromise.
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The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war.
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If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism.
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Directing is a very, very difficult job.
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Muse is the brain-sensing headband that allows you to track your cognitive and emotional activity. It boosts your attention and helps you become more aware of the emotions that you're having.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an illustrator and didn't take any classes in illustration there. It was just that the illustration degree had no requirements.
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Can clearly say Vegemite is horrible! Like tryin' new stuff though.
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For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.
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Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
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Keep off your thoughts from things that are past and done; for thinking of the past wakes regret and pain.
