Wang Yangming Quotes
People today distinguish between knowledge and action and pursue them separately, believing that one must know before he can act... . They say [they will wait] till they truly know before putting their knowledge into practice. Consequently to the end of their lives, they will never act and also will never know.
Quotes to Explore
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
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I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
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We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their half-term holidays.
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
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It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything.
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Each day will be triumphant only when your smiles bring forth smiles from others.
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Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.
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See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.
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There's room for saying things in bright shiny colours.
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If anyone is ever rude to you, then there's no need to hang out with them! Just find the people that make you feel good.
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Working in a sugar mill is absolute misery for very little money.
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I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don't like surprises. I don't even like good surprises.
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I had the lunchbox that cleared the cafeteria. I was very unpopular in the early grades. Because I hung out with my grandfather, I started to bring my lunchbox with sardine sandwiches and calamari that I would eat off my fingers like rings. I was also always reeking of garlic.
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There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning.
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Alcohol is the cause of all my problems.
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People today distinguish between knowledge and action and pursue them separately, believing that one must know before he can act... . They say [they will wait] till they truly know before putting their knowledge into practice. Consequently to the end of their lives, they will never act and also will never know.
