Dalai Lama Quotes
Since we became Buddhist, we have lived in peace with them. We did not invade them. We did not want them to invade us. We have never declared war on China.
Quotes to Explore
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.
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I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.
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If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
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The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives.
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Again, as a gay man I look at that and say there's a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say 'Why? Where's this disparity coming from, and why can't we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?' We're terrified of facing ourselves.
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What the left ends up missing is that politics have always been at the heart of American culture; it's been a white identity that's been rendered invisible and neutral because it's seen as objective and universal. As a result, we don't pay attention to how whiteness is one among many racial identities, and that identity politics have been here since the get-go.
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You look at the NBA: there's all these young kids that are drafted on potential. They go to bad teams, they're in bad locker rooms, and now we got this analytics stuff that doesn't teach kids how to play. We've got these workout coaches that don't teach kids how to play basketball.
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Being successful is kind of dull.
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I am an Alanis Morissette fan. I think that she has a fantastic voice, and I would love to sing with her someday.
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Since we became Buddhist, we have lived in peace with them. We did not invade them. We did not want them to invade us. We have never declared war on China.
