Gautama Buddha Quotes
Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
Quotes to Explore
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week - we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I'm on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room - P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.
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Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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The surface is all you get of me.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.
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Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.
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I try and make it possible for beginners to start training MMA and not be scared of it as a sport. I try to actually give them the skill set that is necessary - to feel comfortable, maybe not on a big level. And not just Russia, but worldwide.
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I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema.
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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
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Oh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing I can say about it is that sometimes you have to see that kind of stuff so as to have a more balanced view about why it's so bad.
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I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.
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Spacetime... turns out to be discrete, described by a structure called spin foam.
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When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s.
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The way that UCB taught us to improvise, you always start from an inspiration from your life, something that's happened to you or a friend. And then you put a comic game onto it. It always starts from a place of reality, of truth.
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Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
