Buddha Quotes
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Quotes to Explore
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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America is not the center of the universe.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending on how I'm feeling. I don't see myself taking that as just a job.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
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Fighting is an expression. It's a form of speech, and that's why they call it martial arts. It's an art.
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There's a lot of hand-wringing going on about the death of journalism and particularly the death of investigative journalism. What I see is that there is more need than ever to have experienced information processors - people who can look through this mass of data.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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My first-ever role was the king in 'The Princess and the Pea.'
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
