Dalai Lama Quotes
Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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She's been on more laps than a napkin.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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Ask Jeeves! Who ever used that thing? College freshmen to find out who Goethe was - that's it.
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We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.
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It is every one's sacred duty to keep himself in a condition to do the biggest thing possible to him.
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Every label thinks, when they sign someone, 'This is the perfect pedigree to sign. They're cute, they can sing, they can dance, et cetera.' And they say to the public, 'Here, this is what you're gonna like.' But you might say, 'No, I don't like that!' You'll probably say 'no' many more times than you'll say 'yes!'
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A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
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Nobody interviewed Kitty Potter about what she wore. I would have loved to hear what she would have said about some of this stuff.
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I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with it. I would make completely different choices, do things I wouldn't have normally, because I had to fill this narrative shape.
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When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football.
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Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
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Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions
