Arthur Waley Quotes
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.
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Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.
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If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans.
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Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.
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I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this.
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I did telemarketing for years, starting at the age of 16, just selling steak knives to old people. Old people go through a weird amount of steak knives. I also sold straight meat over the telephone.
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I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.
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I mean, I'm humble... to me, I'm just a regular cat from Oakland, California.
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I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.
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I wear my personality on my sleeve, for sure, and my look is constantly changing because so am I.
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I try to be funny and not ignorant.
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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
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Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars.
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I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.
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Economy: cutting down other people's wages.
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It is difficult to stop in time because one gets carried away. But I have that strength; it is the only strength I have.
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The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will open up the meaning of this book.' There is only one way really to understand the Word, and that is through wrestling with the circumstances and happenings of life.
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When you go through a process of #1 praying daily and staying in God's word #2 obey Him in the small decisions every day #3 ask advice from a number of spiritual counselors then you can step out peacefully knowing that pleasing God is all that matters. America was built on this attitude.
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Mercy. That is the gospel. The whole of it in one word.
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I always thought it was important for my lyrics to come from a really honest place.
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A team of horses cannot overtake a word that has left the mouth.