Dalai Lama Quotes
The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and his corslet to put on before he can mount.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.
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To compare Olympic sport with cricket would not be fair. Years back, cricket was a sport only for the classes, and we will also have to make other sports masses from classes like cricket.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.
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Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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Hierocles: You will never make the crab walk straight. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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I have known Tavis Smiley since the 1980s, when we both worked at the same radio station in Los Angeles. He is smart, and he is a gentleman who has accorded me great respect both on and off the air.
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Africa is the future.
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I have never had the money to make too many large purchases.
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I realized if I didn't start talking to my relatives, asking questions, thinking back to my own beginnings, there would come a time when those people wouldn't be around to help me look back and remember.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
