Lin Yutang Quotes
The greatest ideal that man can aspire to is not to be a show-case of virtue, but just to be a genial, likable and reasonable human being.
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I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative from movies as I did from reading novels, how to arrange stories, how to juxtapose things.
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'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.
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People have said to me, 'It must be nice to prove so many people wrong,' but I've never really cared about proving anything to anybody else.
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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.
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The secret to longevity, as I see it, has less to do with diet, or even exercise, and more to do with the environment in which a person lives: social and physical. What do I mean by this? They live rewardingly inconvenient lives.
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I was working for the CIA and prohibited from speaking publicly.
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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
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I think the body is the ultimate thing. The soul and mind are part of the body. I don't think there is anything outside of that. Your physical self is who you are. Some people feel that that is reductionist, but I don't think it is. It's just true.
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People have to do what they want to do.
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It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for me, because he was so well-loved and he had this very open charm that made people feel they had a personal relationship with him.
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God values you simply because He created you. You are precious to Him, and your value will never change.
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That is one of the coolest things about WWE and wrestling in general. The fans have this very unique voice and this very unique power, and in no other sport and no other form of entertainment can the fans make their voices heard and it effect change.
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The only description for Nolan in the script was that he's a very bad dresser. I put on a red windbreaker and every other ugly, ill-fitting thing I could dig out. He was potentially written as a clean-cut nerd, but I wanted a darker spin.
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My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career.
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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
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Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
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I wanted to tell him not to cry anymore, tell him that what those boys did to that bird didn’t matter. But I knew it did matter. It mattered to Dante. And, anyway, it didn’t do any good to tell him not to cry because he needed to cry. That’s the way he was.
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Speculators buy the trend; investors are in for the long haul; "they are a different breed of cats." One reason that people lose money today is that they have lost sight of this distinction; they profess to have the long term in mind and yet cannot resist following where the hot money has led.
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Pitbull has always been great - he represents Latinos.
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We can't have someone in the Oval Office who doesn't understand the meaning of the word 'confidential' or 'classified'.
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Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don't believe in an eternal hell.
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The greatest ideal that man can aspire to is not to be a show-case of virtue, but just to be a genial, likable and reasonable human being.
