Dalai Lama Quotes
Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.
Quotes to Explore
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You can get all A's and still flunk life.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.'
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.
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I'm glad that I just played baseball, because I'm sure I had a much longer baseball career than I would've had a football career. I did miss football, but I didn't miss some of the injuries from football.
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It's a balance. But you have to have your cheat day; you have to take your time to have the pleasure. Otherwise, what's the point?
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There's nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit.
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I remembered the times I'd second-guessed myself or questioned my own ability. The times when a little voice in my head worried that I didn't have the know-how or the experience to reach for an exciting opportunity.
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I probably have the crappiest tattoo - not only in country music - but maybe the world.
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I think there are a lot of celebrities who put on a performance on camera.
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I stay standoffish in a sense, in my own personal space, to be able to cope with whatever it is you've got to cope with.
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Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.
