Gautama Buddha Quotes
No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.
Quotes to Explore
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Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
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One of the most important things we hear is the S.B.A. needs to be ubiquitous. We do all these things, but people still don't know.
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Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.
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I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
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I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
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For every problem or confusion and for every desire or ambition there is an available force waiting for your call.
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Pornography does not cause rape or violence, which predate pornography by thousands of years. Rape and violence occur not because of patriarchal conditioning but because of the opposite, a breakdown of social controls.
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In the great fulfillment we must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.
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You don't see your prison because its bars are invisible.
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‘Yes, my friend,’ he said. ‘It is so easy to be an American - here in Paris! A nasal voice - the chewing gum - the little goatee - the horned-rimmed spectacles - all the appurtenances of the stage American…’
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I am a nerd among nerds.
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It's really not easy to be an artist. It's not easy to put yourself out there and be honest. I'm making things that are really happening to me, and it's not easy to share that with the world.
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My mum, Helen, was hilarious. She had a tremendous sense of humour and was a great singer and tap dancer. For many years, she was the voice of Minnie Mouse in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She would be in the float as it came along, singing whatever the Minnie Mouse song of the day was. She was a really big spirit in my life.
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Be kind to people on the way up - you'll meet them again on your way down.
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I'm super excited to be collaborating with JCPenney to create my first-ever capsule collection for that plus-size woman who needs that confidence and wants to be fabulous every day.
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Feeling better is not actually being better.
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The person that goes regularly and intelligently to the Lord's Table finds it increasingly hard to yield to sin and conform to the world.
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The death of Abdel Nasser on September 28, 1970, was an irreversible setback for Egypt.
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I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
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I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.
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No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.
