Gautama Buddha Quotes
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I am a Zionist.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.'
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The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.
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The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
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The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.
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The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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I'm always looking for something. Not in an unhappy way. I just like to try different things. I don't want to be morbid, but I'm not getting any younger.
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I was hungry and went out for a bite, ran into a chum with a bottle of rum and we wound up drinking all night.
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It's a scary question for a musician or songwriter today - what does the future hold? It is a strange time in the music business too; it feels like we are all in some kind of transitional period, stuck between old technology and new.
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There is one bit of advice given us by the ancient Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by the great Christian teachers of the Middle Ages, which the modern economic system has completely disobeyed. All these people told us not to lend money at interest; and lending money at interest - what we call investment - is the basis of our whole system.
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I feel there is huge potential for India and the U.K. to work together both on the technology space and on the investment space.
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Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.
