Dalai Lama Quotes
When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.
Dalai Lama
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
Feist
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
Sam Kinison
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
Ban Ki-moon
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On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.
Taylor Swift
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
Nancy Astor
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
Florence King
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
Yahya Jammeh
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Nobody ever wins by the cavalry coming to rescue you. It isn't a question of you're happy if you get married, or you get thin, or you get rich, because I've known lots of thin, rich, married people who are absolutely miserable.
Maeve Binchy
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
Yuri Milner
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For me, it's easier to play with my right foot. It's simple. If I go right, I see Diego and have different solutions: I go alone or pass to Diego, or the midfield can join in. If I go the other way, the cross with my left foot is not good.
Eden Hazard
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
Pablo Picasso
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If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea.
John Darnielle
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It used to be, like, the sanctity of rock was that you could never let a song of yours be used in a commercial. It was like, 'Oh man, we'll never let our music be exploited that way.' Now they'll call you up and say, 'You gotta use this song in your movie, man. It's the new VW ad! People love it.' And you realize, boy, have times changed.
Cameron Crowe
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I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is
Erykah Badu
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I did go through a phase where I played videogames quite often, but I haven't in a few years.
Zuleikha Robinson
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It's important to make teens realize the influence they have over others.
Jay Asher
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When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.
Dalai Lama