Dalai Lama Quotes
There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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It's my deepest interest as an actor: I love discovering how human beings work, how their flaws reveal themselves - how to learn and grow from that - and how characters teach me things as a woman and as a parent.
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We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.
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England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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In Japan, there's a TV series called Jin. It deals with time travel. I like stories about time travel. It's a story about people living in modern day that travel back to the Edo era. Those things really interest me.
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I'm really enamored with the idea of a reformed society, and I've always been fascinated with the Dark Ages as well as the power vacuum that followed the fall of the Roman Empire.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
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I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for dinner. When you travel a lot, you feel rootless and adrift - this is my sanctuary, where I can breathe out.
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This is magic - the people of Broadway. There's nothing better!
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I have those days where I'm PMSing and bloated.
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What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.
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It's nice to predict your schedule, especially with a child. It's nice to have work and be in a stable place, which isn't always easy for actors.
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She dealt with moral problems the way a cleaver deals with meat: and in this case she had made up her mind.
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There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.
