Dalai Lama Quotes
Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.
Quotes to Explore
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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I would love to be a role model.
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The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.
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Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.
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One thing I have always promised is to be open and transparent and to treat employees and partners with respect and integrity.
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When it comes to exercise, I don't like anything that's too serious.
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I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.
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Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.
