Dalai Lama Quotes
When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.
Quotes to Explore
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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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.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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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.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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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.
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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.
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We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.
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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.
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The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let's explore so we can become more powerful.'
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I believe same-day registration has to be part of comprehensive reform of our voting systems that will also restore pre-clearance, shorten lines at polls, and ensure that no one who wants to vote is denied their constitutional right.
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I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family.
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Selenite occurs in abundance in well formed clear crystals of several inches in length.
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The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China.
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When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.
