Dalai Lama Quotes
Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.
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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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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble.
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Nothing is better than the moment you have Michael Bolton dressed as Forrest Gump and you see it in action.
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You can't kill your way to success in a counter insurgency effort. You have to protect the people, get the civil military balance right, train the locals, and practice effective strategic communications.
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Patience mimics the power of infinity. And nobody can win a staring contest with infinity. No matter how long you last, infinity is just getting started.
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Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.
