Leo Tolstoy Quotes
People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.
Quotes to Explore
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
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Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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A woman's flexibility and a man's strength . . . put them together and you'll have a body like mine.
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I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
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I don't understand, given the constraints physicians have in doing their job and the paperwork demanded of them, why people want to be physicians. I think we've made it very, very difficult for them to perform their job. I think that's a shame.
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Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.
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People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.
