Gautama Buddha Quotes
Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.
Quotes to Explore
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well.
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Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.
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The road system that we've come to depend on, the road system that we built our wealth on and our power on, is falling apart.
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I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.
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Bro, how are you going to tap on the neck, on the choke? Go to sleep, man. Be a man.
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If you go to pilot then you are probably going to go to series. That's my feeling about it.
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It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994.
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I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.
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Whether or not I would be able to be an actor without the music I'm not sure, but I feel pretty lucky to do it.
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I've got a general callout with the Caribbean world in which I'm interested in helping in any way to get their well-written good stories out to the rest of the world. I am really interested in helping those stories get to a completion and public viewing.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I always say if anybody is running for president, for office, I always take them seriously.
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Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.
