Dalai Lama Quotes
One can be deceived by three types of laziness: of indolence, which is the wish to procrastinate; the laziness of inferiority, which is doubting your capabilities; and the laziness that is attachment to negative actions, or putting great effort into non-virtue.
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I'm very self-critical.
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.
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And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money.
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People will still make great art, but I think it's good to assume you will always be a failure. People were believing the opposite.
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I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places.
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I get along great with all of my exes. That's really cool. That's a good sign.
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One can be deceived by three types of laziness: of indolence, which is the wish to procrastinate; the laziness of inferiority, which is doubting your capabilities; and the laziness that is attachment to negative actions, or putting great effort into non-virtue.
