Dalai Lama Quotes
We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted.
Quotes to Explore
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Love is a beautiful feeling.
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I trust no one totally.
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Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.
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When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
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Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key.
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I am less comfortable saying I am a jeweller and more comfortable saying I am a story teller.
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I don't play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there's conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes.
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.
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Women's Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer.
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I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.
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'3 Idiots' was remade in various languages down south, but it wasn't successful anywhere because the magic was created by Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani.
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I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them.
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Ever since the first day I arrived in this town, the general impression has been that I'm like a queen holding court on chosen days.
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If you like what you are writing, just write. Try to keep going before you stop to take a break. Keep going back before too much time has passed. And just stay with it.
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She was moved by a kind of commiseration for Madame Ratignolle - a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region of blind contentment, in which no moment of anguish ever visited her soul, in which she would never have the taste of life's delirium.
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I don’t know nothing, I think. And glad of it.
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Every start upon an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to be successful.
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Most of my work has been independent movies outside the mainstream system.
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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
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Let’s just put it this way: if you think there’s a thing – anything – women didn’t do in the past, you’re wrong.
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In the South you are ashamed of being a virgin. Boys. Men. They lie about it. Because it means less to women, Father said. He said it was men invented virginity not women. Father said it's like death: only a state in which the others are left and I said, But to believe it doesn't matter and he said, That's what's so sad about anything: not only virginity and I said, Why couldn't it have been me and not her who is unvirgin and he said, That's why that's sad too; nothing is even worth the changing of it.
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As caretakers, we feel drained when caring for another, and in order to take care of someone else, we need to take care of ourselves at the same time.
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We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted.
