Dalai Lama Quotes
Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.
Quotes to Explore
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You can learn from everyone, the president or the cleaner. You need teachers in life, but they're not always school teachers or professors. You learn from ordinary people. You learn from travel, from just walking down the street.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.
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Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
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In the digital age, it is easier than ever to publish false information, which is quickly shared and taken to be true - as we often see in emergency situations, when news is breaking in real time.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.
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I believe my customer knows her style and knows how to mix and match your style.
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Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she suspected it was going to do something clever, like try to escape from the pot.
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Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.
