Dalai Lama Quotes
While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water.

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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.
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A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
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Today remind yourself that nothing is too good to be true. Your great hopes can be realized. Your most wonderful dreams can come true. All that you really need, you can have. An incredible goodness is operating on your behalf. If you are living a paltry life, resolve to stop it today. Expect great things to happen.
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I'm probably a more intentional acoustic player than I am an electric player because of lack of influences. I just play acoustic to see what happens.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.
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While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water.