Dalai Lama Quotes
It seems that for some people the idea of compassion entails a complete disregard for or even a sacrifice of their own interests. This is not the case. In fact, you first of all have to have a wish to be happy yourself - if you don't love yourself like that, how can you love others?

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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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I am kind of the front man for a team of people behind the scenes who are working just as hard as me and are putting in just as much time to make this all happen. I'm not trying to be humble. I just want everyone to get credit where credit is due.
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A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing to sacrifice resources for the sake of others' development.
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I love London, I love the British people.
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I'm really excited about the prospect of deepening what is already a really strong relationship that I have with the people of Broward.
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I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
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I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'
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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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My death is incidental, and I worry very much about my loved ones and, you know, would like to make it as easy as possible for them. Or wish I could will away whatever, you know, the sadness they will feel when I die. But for me, nothing. The world goes on.
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Everybody knows what I represent. My message is that Israel wants peace, and I am going to do everything possible to find ways to get this peace, this objective of all our people. All of us want peace. The differences are about the conditions of this peace.
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There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
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I just think that the Victoria's Secret girl values herself by the way she looks. And that might be linked with being healthy, but that's all it is, and it sets a negative example to other people.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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I love mispronunciations. I love when people mispronounce things.
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I love talking to my friends at uni and seeing what they are doing. They're just finishing their dissertations, and I kind of wish I could live their life for a second. I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single day, so their craft is really sharp, and it's the best songwriters who consistently get on the radio.
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Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end.
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When people don't like the film, I can take a bullet. I don't mind you talking about me, but I'm protective of my actors, because they bared their soul for me.
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I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.
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We shouldn't come up with a pseudo-spiritual excuse for turning away from the pain of the world.
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There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not.
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It seems that for some people the idea of compassion entails a complete disregard for or even a sacrifice of their own interests. This is not the case. In fact, you first of all have to have a wish to be happy yourself - if you don't love yourself like that, how can you love others?