Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I don't like controversy.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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'The Fever' is a one-person play. I decided I would perform it myself, and I decided I would not perform it in theaters, because the character in the play says certain things that I meant.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
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It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.
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Color always vexed me because I would fight with the media I was using. I love coloring in Photoshop, and it's freed me to pursue ideas and techniques I wouldn't have otherwise attempted. Since I get to take an assignment from concept to final execution, I have more freedom in my idea-making processes.
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To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.
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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
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When you're playing the same dirty dozen night after night, the moments that keep it fresh are those when you just let go and trust everyone.
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Look, why don't you go talk to Ron about all this?" Harry asked. "Well, I would, but he's always asleep when I go and see him!" said Lavender fretfully. "Is he?" said Harry, surprised, for he had found Ron perfectly alert every time he had been up to the hospital wing.
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Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
