Kahlil Gibran Quotes
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

Quotes to Explore
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In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
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Fascism is very much a mob movement.
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I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly poetry periodical, and as a teenager I was introduced to Denise Levertov, who was an influence.
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I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carried by most people who serve in the armed forces or the circumstances that push lots of folks into the military. I don't blame G.I. Joe or Rambo for that atmosphere, but they certainly reflected the final stage of a two generation cultural myth.
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Once you achieve a level of success... you learn, something tells you, 'Man this ain't even for you.' You got to share with the people. You got to inspire the people.
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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
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Canada's Far North is where I knew I had to go.
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Thank you all very much for coming out today.
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My music is the chicken soup kind. I want people to get a good feeling in their soul from these songs. Roots rock, heartland rock... whatever you want to call it is OK with me.
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If people want to believe that the organic food has better nutritive value, it's up to them to make that foolish decision. But there's absolutely no research that shows that organic foods provide better nutrition.
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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.