Dalai Lama Quotes
A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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I remember the first time I stepped into the ring at age 16. I loved hitting things... but who likes getting hit?!
Mandy Bujold
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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I long for a South African society that's free of ideological forces - no society can ever really be free of ideological forces - but I wish it was free of power.
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I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs... the city's contracting power is huge.
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Music is the medium that has taken me around the world, and I would be lying if I said I could live without music.
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As we face tough decisions in Washington, we must never forget our responsibility to protect Medicare and preserve it for future generations.
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There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats, let us not casually reduce 'that great past to a trouble of fools.' For we need not feel the bitterness of the past to discover its meaning for the present and the future.
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Light refused increases darkness.
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My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
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A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
