Dalai Lama Quotes
Spiritual practice . . . involves, on the one hand, acting out of concern for others' well-being. On the other, it entails transforming ourselves so that we become more readily disposed to do so.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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If you will be the best that you can be right where you are, God will promote you and give you more.
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I looked at the world with the humaneness, I think, which is one of the hallmarks of being liberal in my mind.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and I must have had some charisma in the interview, so I ended up in medicine. Being a general practitioner was all I aspired to.
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After graduating college, I was coming out of a routine I'd been in for several years, all the way back to high school. It was a year-round process of constantly having to work and be disciplined, and I was able to understand and connect the dots between all those characteristics - especially hard work and success.
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I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and disregard everything else about their background.
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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
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There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part, until one day your agent calls you us and says, 'guess what, you're a movie star,' and you say, 'Thank you!'
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Spiritual practice . . . involves, on the one hand, acting out of concern for others' well-being. On the other, it entails transforming ourselves so that we become more readily disposed to do so.
