Dalai Lama Quotes
The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement.
Quotes to Explore
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Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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As to which is cuter, a puppy or a baby, I'm going to say that probably depends less on the particular puppy and more on the baby. I've seen pictures of me as an infant and consider myself lucky that nobody ever offered my parents the opportunity to trade me for a beagle.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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In order to improve healthcare, we'll have to spend more on it, increase accountability and decentralize services, enforce standards and reinstate people's faith in it.
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Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.
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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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The Dumnonii, whose city or fortress was at Exeter, were an important people. They occupied the whole of the peninsula from the River Parret to Land's End. East of the Tamar was Dyfnaint, the Deep Vales; west of it Corneu, the horn of Britain.
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I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.
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I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.
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I'm not interested in forcing my beliefs on my readers.
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I've known Bret Michaels forever.
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I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.
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I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian's quiet smile as I'd bring back one stack and exchange it for another.
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Spend more time building your character than trying to build your platform.
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By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.
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Nothing is more urgent than a serious, dare I say compassionate, debate as to where we are going at home and abroad. Technicians cannot master revolutions; every great achievement was an idea before it became a reality. Cathedrals cannot be built by those who are paralyzed by doubt or consumed by cynicism. If a society loses the capacity for great conception, it can be administered but not governed.
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The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement.
