Gautama Buddha Quotes
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We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
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I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.
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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
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No man speaketh, or should speak, of his prince, that which he hath not weighed whether it will consist with that veneration which should be preserved inviolate to him.
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When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art.
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War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.
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You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
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Even though Chinese society was really closed, there were two windows for me to explore the world. One was from my mother and grandmother, the unseen and invisible world. Another window was brought from my father's side, those classic and Western books.
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As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is communication with someone, even if it's only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy put his thumb up. It makes all the difference.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.
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As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.
